Cyanoenamines and their use as fungicides

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to cyanoenamine derivatives, their process of preparation, intermediate compounds, their use as fungicide active agents, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions, and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi, notably of plants and in material protection, using these compounds or compositions.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a §371 National Stage Application ofPCT/EP2011/069898, filed Nov. 11, 2011, which claims priority toEuropean Application No. 10191202.0, filed Nov. 15, 2010, U.S.Provisional Application No. 61/414,149, filed Nov. 16, 2010, andEuropean Application No. 11160873.3, filed Apr. 1, 2011.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to cyanoenamine derivatives, their processof preparation, intermediate compounds, their use as fungicide activeagents, particularly in the form of fungicide compositions, and methodsfor the control of phytopathogenic fungi, notably of plants and inmaterial protection, using these compounds or compositions.

2. Description of Related Art

In WO 01/85673 arylcyanoenaminones of general formula:

are described, wherein K represents an oxygen or sulphur atom, Arrepresents an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl, X may representa cyano group, Z represents an optionally substituted phenyl or naphthyland Y represents an optionally substituted alkyl chain. However, thereis no disclosure or suggestion in this documents of any derivativewherein Ar represents an alkyl-based chain or a heterocycle. Moreover,only herbicidal, acaricidal and insecticidal activities are claimed.

In DE-A 196 49 381 certain UV-A filters of general formula

are described, wherein R¹, R² and R³ represent an hydrogen, an alkyl, acycloalkyl or can form a ring when connected together, R⁴ represents anaryl group and R⁵ represents an aryl or heteroaryl group. However, thereis no disclosure or suggestion in this documents of any derivativewherein R⁵ is a substituted alkyl group nor a substituted arylalkyl orheteroarylalkyl group and no disclosure is made of any biologicalutility.

In CN101544669A aminophosphonates containing a phenylcyanopropenoategroup of general formula

are described. The use of these compounds as plant antiviral agent isclaimed. However, there is no disclosure or suggestion in this documentsof any derivative without the phosphonate moiety.

In WO 2008/081711 (EP-A 2 105 434) certain 2-fluorinatedacyl-3-aminoacrylonitriles of general formula

are described, wherein R¹ and R² can represent a C₁-C₆ alkyl, a C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, an aryl or an arylalkyl, R³ can represent an optionallysubstituted aryl group and R_(f) is limited to represent a C₁-C₆ alkylgroup which is substituted by at least one fluorine atom. However, thereis no disclosure or suggestion in this documents of any derivativewherein R_(f) does not represent a fluorinated C₁-C₆ alkyl group and nodisclosure is made of any biological utility. JP-A 2009-215194 and WO2008/102678 (EP-A 2 128 139) also claim the use of these compounds assynthesis intermediates towards pyrazoles with the same restrictions onR_(f).

Certain 3-(pyridin-2-ylamino)acrylonitriles as synthesis intermediatestowards pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines are described in Synthesis, 1982, 9,791-792. However limitation is made to benzoyl analogs and only2-benzoyl-3-phenyl-3-(pyridin-2-ylamino)acrylonitrile is prepared withno disclosure of biological utility. Certain α-oxobutenamides can beobtained by opening of 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones (see Liebigs Ann. 1995,537-543). In the course of this study4-anilino-3-cyano-2-oxo-N,4-diphenylbut-3-enamide and4-anilino-3-cyano-N-cyclohexyl-2-oxo-4-phenylbut-3-enamide are preparedwith no disclosure of biological activity. A methods to prepare certainβ-enaminoketones is described in Synthetic Commun. 1986, 16, 673-680. Inthe course of this study 2-benzoyl-3-(ethylamino)-3-phenylacrylonitrileis prepared with no disclosure of biological activity.

JP-A 06-214339 describes certain compounds used as photochromicmaterials of general formula

wherein R¹ could represent a cyano group, R² could represent asubstituted amino group and Ar represents an aryl group. However, thereis no disclosure or suggestion in this documents of any derivativewherein Ar is different from an aryl group and no disclosure is made ofany biological utility. Certain cyanoenaminones used as bidentatesligands for catalysis are described in (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008,4139-4147). In the course of this study4,4,5,5,6,6,6-heptafluoro-2-{[(4-methylphenyl)amino](phenyl)methylene}-3-oxohexanenitrilehas been prepared with no disclosure of biological activity. EP-A 0 990664 discloses further ligands for catalysts which may have an enaminestructure. Biological activity is not described. The compounds disclosedin these documents do not prove to provide a comparable utility than thecompounds according to the invention.

Since the ecological and economical demands made on modern activecompounds, for example fungicides, are increasing constantly, forexample with respect to activity spectrum, toxicity, selectivity,application rate, formation of residues and favorable manufacture, andthere can furthermore be problems, for example, with resistance, thereis a constant need to develop novel fungicides which, at least in someareas, have advantages over those of the prior art. Surprisingly, it hasnow been found that cyanoenamines of the formula (I) (see below) aresuitable as fungicides and, at least in some aspects, have improvedproperties compared to known fungicidally active compounds.

SUMMARY

It has now been found that cyanoenamine derivatives of the generalformula (I):

in which

-   R represents one of the following groups R^(A) or R^(B)

-   n represents 1, 2, 3 or 4,-   m represents 1, 2, 3 or 4,-   t represents 0 or 1,-   Y¹ represents S, O or NR⁵,-   Y² represents S, O or NR⁷,-   Y³ represents a bond or O, S or NR⁸,-   to in case that Y³ represents NR⁸, then R⁸ and R⁶ together with the    nitrogen atom to which they are linked may form a 5- to 7-membered,    saturated or unsaturated, carbo- or heterocycle comprising up to 3    heteroatoms, which cycle may also include one of the groups C(═O)    and C(═S),-   R¹ represents an hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 chlorine, bromine or iodine    atoms which can be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyl,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl,    C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl which can    be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an heteroaryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can    be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which    can be the same or different, C₃-C₇-cycloalkycarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₇-cycloalkyloxycarbonyl, C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl,    di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyl, or represents a 4 to 7 membered ring    containing 1-3 heteroatoms selected from O, N or S. This ring could    be aromatic, partially saturated or fully saturated and substituted    by up to 5 groups Q,-   Ar represents the following group

-   R² and R³, which can be the same or different, independently of one    another represent hydrogen, halogen, CN, NH₂, NO₂, C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-hydroxyalkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl,    C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkynyl,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfinyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulfonyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, amino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)amino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl, phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5    groups Q, phenyl-C₂-C₄-alkynyl, which can be substituted in the    phenyl moiety by up to 5 groups Q,-   R² and R³ also together with the carbon atom to which they are    linked can form a C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl, which may be substituted by 1 to    4 identical or different substituents selected from by halogen, OH,    C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-alkylthio or    phenyl, or can form a C₅-C₁₀-bicycloalkyl, a    2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-1-yl or a decahydronaphthalenyl,-   R⁴ represents an aryl or a heterocycle E 1 to E 144:

-   R⁴ also represents hydrogen or halogen when n represents 1, 2, 3 or    4,-   R⁵ represents hydrogen, OH, NH₂, CN, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    an aryl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an    aryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an    aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q;    C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up    to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up    to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, an aryloxy which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy which can    be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, C₁-C₈-alkylamino,    (C₁-C₈-alkyl)carbonylamino, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino,    halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, acylamino which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q,-   R⁶ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl or naphthyl, each of which can be substituted by up to 5    groups Q, benzyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,-   R⁶ also represents CN, if R is R^(B), t is 0 and Y³ is a bond,-   R⁷ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyloxy, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, aryloxy which can be substituted    by up to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5    groups Q,-   R⁸ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up    to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyloxy, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,    C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, phenyloxy which can be substituted    by up to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5    groups Q,-   Q which can be the same or different, independently represents    halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, tri(C₁-C₈)alkylsilyl or    tri(C₁-C₈)alkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, or two vicinal substituents Q may    be —OCH₂O—, —OCF₂O—, —O(CH₂)₂O—, —O(CF₂)₂O— or —N═CH—S—,-   Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴ Z⁵, Z⁶, Z⁷, Z⁸, Z⁹, Z¹⁰ and Z¹¹ which can be the same    or different, independently of one another represent hydrogen,    halogen, NO₂, CN, OH, SH, NH₂, SF₅, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different    and optionally in addition one hydroxy group, C₁-C₈-alkylamino,    di-C₁-C₈-alkylamino, C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising    up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which    can be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkynyl comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyloxy,    C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can    be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkynyloxy    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₂-C₈-alkenylsulfanyl, C₂-C₈-alkynylsulfanyl, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl,    C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up    to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, formyl,    formyloxy, formylamino, carbamoyl, N-hydroxycarbamoyl,    (hydroxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which    can be the same or different, (C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl)carbonyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylcarbamoyl, di-C₁-C₈-alkylcarbamoyl,    N—C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl,    N—C₁-C₈-alkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which    can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl,    di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyloxy,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonylamino,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyloxy,    di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyloxy, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyloxy,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulphinyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulphinyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulphonyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkoxyimino, (C₁-C₈-alkylimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    (C₁-C₈-alkoxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    (C₁-C₈-alkenyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    (C₂-C₈-alkynyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, a (benzyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl, tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, benzyloxy    which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylsulfanyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can be    substituted by up to 5 groups Q, phenoxy which can be substituted by    up to 5 groups Q, phenylamino which can be substituted by up to 5    groups Q, phenylsulfanyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups    Q, phenylmethylene which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,-   or two vicinal substituents Z together with the consecutive carbon    atoms to which they are linked form a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or    unsaturated, carbo- or heterocycle comprising up to 3 heteroatoms,    which can be substituted by up to four groups Q which can be the    same or different and the other substituents Z are as    herein-described,-   or two geminal substitutents Z together with the carbon atom to    which they are linked could also be fused to represent C(═O); C(═S),    C₃-C₉-cycloalkyl;-   G¹ and G² which can be the same or different, independently of one    another represent hydrogen, CN, OH, NH₂, C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylamino, di-C₁-C₈-alkylamino,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyl comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkynyl,    C₂-C₈-halogenoaknyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different C₂-C₈-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyloxy    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₂-C₈-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₈-halogenoaknyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen    atoms which can be the same or different, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl,    C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up    to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, formyl,    carbamoyl, (hydroxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which    can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbamoyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl, di-C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylsulphonyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to    9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    (C₁-C₈-alkoxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    (C₁-C₈-alkenyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    (C₂-C₈-alkynyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, a (benzyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl, tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, benzyloxy    which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can    be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, phenyl which can be substituted    by up to 5 groups Q; naphthyl which can be substituted by up to 6    groups Q, phenoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,    phenylamino which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,    phenylmethylene which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,    as well as salts, N-oxides, metallic complexes, metalloidic    complexes and optically active or geometric isomers thereof.

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Depending on the nature of the substituents defined above, the compoundsof the formula (I) have acidic or basic properties and can form salts,if appropriate also inner salts or adducts, with inorganic or organicacids or with inorganic or organic bases or with metal ions. Suitablemetal ions are in particular the ions of the elements of the second maingroup, in particular calcium and magnesium, of the third and fourth maingroup, in particular aluminum, tin and lead, and also of the first toeighth transition group, in particular chromium, manganese, iron,cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc and others. Particular preference is givento the metal ions of the elements of the fourth period. Here, the metalscan be present in the various valencies they can assume.

If the compounds of the formula (I) carry hydroxyl groups, carboxylgroups or other groups which induce acidic properties, these compoundscan be converted with bases into salts. Suitable bases are, for example,the hydroxides, carbonates and bicarbonates of the alkali metals and thealkaline earth metals, in particular those of sodium, potassium,magnesium and calcium, furthermore ammonia, primary, secondary andtertiary amines having C₁-C₄-alkyl radicals, mono-, di- andtrialkanolamines of C₁-C₄-alkanols, choline and also chlorocholine.

If the compounds of the formula (I) carry amino groups, alkylaminogroups or other groups which induce basic properties, these compoundscan be converted with acids into salts. Examples of inorganic acids arehydrohalic acids, such as hydrofluoric acid, hydrochloric acid,hydrobromic acid and hydroiodic acid, sulphuric acid, phosphoric acidand nitric acid, and acidic salts, such as NaHSO₄ and KHSO₄. Suitableorganic acids are, for example, formic acid, carbonic acid and alkanoicacids, such as acetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, trichloroacetic acidand propionic acid, and also glycolic acid, thiocyanic acid, lacticacid, succinic acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, oxalicacid, alkylsulphonic acids (sulphonic acids having straight-chain orbranched alkyl radicals of 1 to 20 carbon atoms), arylsulphonic acids or-disulphonic acids (aromatic radicals, such as phenyl and naphthyl whichcarry one or two sulphonic acid groups), alkylphosphonic acids(phosphonic acids having straight-chain or branched alkyl radicals of 1to 20 carbon atoms), arylphosphonic acids or -diphosphonic acids(aromatic radicals, such as phenyl and naphthyl, which carry one or twophosphonic acid radicals, where the alkyl radicals and aryl radicals maycarry further substituents, for example p-toluenesulphonic acid,salicylic acid, p-aminosalicylic acid, 2-phenoxybenzoic acid,2-acetoxybenzoic acid, etc.

The salts which can be obtained in this manner also have fungicidalproperties.

Compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention can, ifappropriate, be present as mixtures of various possible isomeric forms,in particular of stereoisomers, such as, for example, E and Z, threo anderythro, and also optical isomers, atropoisomers, and, if appropriate,also of tautomers. What is claimed are both the E and the Z isomers andthe threo and erythro and also the optical isomers, any mixtures ofthese isomers, and also the possible tautomeric forms.

In particular cyanoenamine derivatives of the formula (I) may exist inZ-form or in E-form, where the correct assignment of Z and E accordingto the IUPAC nomenclature depends on the definitions of the differentsubstituents. For easy reference in this patent application theassignment is made as shown. In all formulas below and above the E-formis used. Nevertheless the Z-form is also part of this invention.Alternatively a crossed double bond can be used, which means that eithertautomeric form may exist.

According to the invention, the following generic terms are generallyused with the following meanings:

-   -   Halogen means fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.    -   Heteroatom can be nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur.    -   Aryl means phenyl or naphthyl, optionally substituted by one to        five groups selected from the group consisting of halogen,        C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-haloalkenyl,        C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₂-C₆-haloalkynyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,        C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkoxy,        C₁-C₆-haloalkoxy and C₁-C₄-haloalkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl.    -   Any alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group can be linear or branched.

The formula (I) provides a general definition of the cyanoenaminederivatives which can be used according to the invention. Preferredradical definitions of the formulae given above and below are indicatedbelow. These definitions apply both to the end products of the formula(I) and likewise to all intermediates. These definitions apply both tothe end products of the formula (I) and likewise to all intermediates.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(A).

Other preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R represents R^(B).

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein n represents 1, 2 or 3.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein n represents 1 or 2.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein m represents 1, 2 or 3.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein m represents 1 or 2.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein Y¹ represents S, O.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein Y¹ represents O.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein Y² represents O or NR⁷.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein Y² represents O or NR⁷ wherein R⁷ represents hydrogen,C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising upto 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogeno-C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyloxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₆-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,aryloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy whichcan be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

Even more preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the inventionare those wherein Y² represents O or NR⁷ wherein R⁷ represents hydrogenor methyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-, s- or t-butoxy,trifluoromethoxy, difluoromethoxy.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein Y³ represents a bond, O or NR⁸.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein Y³ represents a bond, O or NR⁸ wherein R⁸ representshydrogen or C₁-C₆-alkyl.

Even more preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the inventionare those wherein Y³ represents a bond or NR⁸ wherein R⁸ representshydrogen, methyl or ethyl.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R¹ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising upto 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R¹ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl.

Even more preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the inventionare those wherein R¹ represents methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-,s-, t-butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, allyl, propargyl, methoxymethyl,ethoxyethyl, ethoxymethyl, methoxyethyl, cyclopropylmethyl,cyclopropylethyl.

Preferred compounds of (I) according to the invention are those whereinAr represents

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein at least one substituent Z of Ar is not hydrogen.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein the substituent Z¹ of Ar is not hydrogen.

Q, which can be the same or different, independently preferablyrepresents halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 5 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, tri(C₁-C₆)alkylsilyl.

G¹ and G² which can be the same or different, independently of oneanother represent hydrogen, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 5 halogenatoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different.

More preferred G¹ and G² which can be the same or different,independently of one another represent hydrogen, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising upto 5 halogen atoms which can be the same or different.

Even more preferred G¹ and G² which can be the same or different,independently of one another represent hydrogen, methyl, ethyl,difluoromethyl.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R² and R³, which can be the same or different, independently ofone another represent hydrogen, halogen, CN, NH₂, C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-hydroxyalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₆-halogenocycloalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, R₂ and R₃ together with the carbonatom to which they are linked can form a C₃-C₇ cycloalkyl.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R² and R³, which can be the same or different,independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, CN,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 5halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl,C₂-C₄-alkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₄-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkylcomprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, R₂and R₃ together with the carbon atom to which they are linked can form aC₃-C₆-cycloalkyl which may be substituted by 1 to 4 identical ordifferent substituents selected from by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, OH,methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-, s- or t-butyl, trifluoromethyl,methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, or phenyl.

Even more preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the inventionare those wherein R² and R³, which can be the same or different,independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, CN, methyl,ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-, s- or t-butyl, cyclopropyl,1-chlorocyclopropyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoroethyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, R₂ and R₃ together with the carbon atom to whichthey are linked can form a C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl which may be substituted by1 to 4 identical or different substituents selected from by fluorine,chlorine, bromine, OH, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-, s- ort-butyl, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, orphenyl.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R⁴ is selected from the group consisting of E 1 to E 144,wherein Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴, Z⁵, Z⁶, Z⁷, Z⁸, Z⁹, Z¹⁰ and Z¹¹ which can be thesame or different, independently of one another represent hydrogen,halogen, NO₂, CN, OH, SH, NH₂, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different andoptionally in addition one hydroxy group, C₁-C₆-alkylamino,di-C₁-C₆-alkylamino, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₂-C₆-alkenyl, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkenylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, C₂-C₆-halogenoalkynyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₂-C₆-alkenyloxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyloxy,C₂-C₆-alkenylsulfanyl, C₂-C₆-alkynylsulfanyl, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl,C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, formyl, formyloxy,formylamino, carbamoyl, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, (C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl)carbonyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbamoyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylcarbamoyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl,C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyloxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcarbonyloxy comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonylamino, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcarbonylamino comprising upto 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulphinyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylsulphinyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulphonyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, tri(C₁-C₆-alkyl)silyl,tri(C₁-C₆-alkyl)silyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, benzyloxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ, phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q; naphthyl whichcan be substituted by up to 6 groups Q, phenoxy which can be substitutedby up to 5 groups Q, phenylamino which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q, phenylsulfanyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,or two vicinal substituents Z together with the consecutive carbon atomsto which they are linked form a 5- or 6-membered, saturated, carbo- orhetero-cycle comprising up to 3 heteroatoms, which can be substituted byup to four groups Q which can be the same or different and the othersubstituents Z are as herein-described and Q, which can be the same ordifferent, represents a halogen atom, cyano group, nitro group,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, tri(C₁-C₆)alkylsilylor tri(C₁-C₆)alkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl. And G¹ and G² which can be the sameor different, represent a hydrogen atom, cyano group, hydroxyl, amino,C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,formyl, C₁-C₆-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising upto 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylcarbamoyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxycarbonylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl, di-C₁-C₆-alkylaminocarbonyl,C₁-C₆-alkylsulphonyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, tri(C₁-C₆-alkyl)silyl,tri(C₁-C₆-alkyl)silyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, phenyl which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q; phenylmethylene which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q.

In the case Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴, Z⁵, Z⁶, Z⁷, Z⁸, Z⁹, Z¹⁰ and Z¹¹ are geminalsthey could also be fused to represent (═O) (═S),

Two geminal substituents Z together with the carbon atom to which theyare linked could preferably also be fused to represent C(═O) or C(═S).

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R⁴ is selected in the list of E 1 to E 86, E 89 to E 95, E98 to E 112, E 129, E 130 and E 133 to E 141 wherein Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴, Z⁵,Z⁶, Z⁷, Z⁸, Z⁹, Z¹⁰ and Z¹¹ which can be the same or different,independently of one another represent hydrogen, halogen, NO₂, CN, OH,SH, NH₂, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogenatoms which can be the same or different and optionally in addition onehydroxy group, C₁-C₄-alkylamino, di-C₁-C₄-alkylamino, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl, C₂-C₄-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₄-alkynyloxy, C₁-C₄-alkylsulfanyl, C₂-C₄-alkenylsulfanyl,C₂-C₄-alkynylsulfanyl, C₁-C₄-alkylsulphinyl, C₁-C₄-alkylsulphonyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylsulphenyl comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₄-alkoxycarbonyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyloxy,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylcarbonyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylcarbonylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₄-alkylsulfanyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₄-alkylsulphonyl,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)silyl, phenyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q; naphthyl which can be substituted by upto 6 groups Q, phenoxy or phenylthio, or two vicinal substituents Ztogether with the consecutive carbon atoms to which they are linked form6-membered, unsaturated which can be substituted by up to four groups Qwhich can be the same or different and the other substituents Z are asherein-described and Q, which can be the same or different, represents ahalogen atom, cyano group, nitro group, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, tri(C₁-C₄)alkylsilyl And G¹ and G²which can be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom,C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl,C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, formyl, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different.

Even more preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the inventionare those wherein R⁴ is selected in the list of E 3 to E 52, E57 to E59,E64, E69, E70, E81, E85, E93 to E95, E117, E133, E135, E136, E139,wherein Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴, Z⁵, Z⁶, Z⁷, Z⁸, Z⁹, Z¹⁰ and Z¹¹ which can be thesame or different, independently of one another represent hydrogen,halogen, NO₂, CN, OH, SH, NH₂, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-,s- or t-butyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, fluoroethyl,difluoroethyl, methylamino, ethylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino,methoxy, ethoxy, trifluoromethoxy, vinyl, allyl, ethinyl, propargyl,cyclopropyl, cyclohexyl, acetyl, C₁-C₃-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprisingup to 5 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, carboxyl,methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonyloxy,C₁-C₄-alkylcarbonylamino, methylthio, ethylthio, trimethylsilyl, phenylwhich can be substituted by up to 3 groups Q; naphthyl which can besubstituted by up to 6 groups Q.

Two geminal substituents Z together with the carbon atom to which theyare linked could preferably also be fused to represent C(═O).

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R⁵ represents hydrogen, OH, NH₂, CN, C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, an aryl which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, anaryloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, anaryl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, anaryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R⁵ represents OH, NH₂, CN, C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, an aryloxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy which can be substituted by up to5 groups Q, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy which can be substituted by up to5 groups Q

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R⁶ represents hydrogen, CN, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl,C₂-C₆-alkynyl, halogeno-C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogenatoms which can be the same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl comprising upto 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, phenylor naphthyl, each of which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,benzyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R⁶ represents hydrogen, CN, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,isopropyl, n-, i-, s- or t-butyl, trifluoromethyl, cyclohexenyl, vinyl,allyl propargyl, C₂-C₄-alkenyl, C₂-C₄-alkynyl, halogeno-C₃-C₄-cycloalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,phenyl or naphthyl, each of which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ, benzyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R⁷ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-halogeno-C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₆-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogeno-C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyloxy,C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₆-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,aryloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy whichcan be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R⁷ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₂-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, cyclohexenyl, phenyl which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q, benzyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 5 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, alkenyl-C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₂-C₄-alkynyl-C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-alkylamino-C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₄-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₄-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₄-alkoxy, phenyloxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R⁸ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₃-C₆-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl,phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q; C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₂-C₆-alkenyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₂-C₆-alkynyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,halogeno-C₃-C₆-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₆-cycloalkenyloxy, C₁-C₆-alkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₆-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy,C₁-C₆-alkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₆-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₆-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkoxy, phenyloxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein R⁸ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₂-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 5 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, cyclohexenyl, phenyl which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q, benzyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q;C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, phenoxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein Q which can be the same or different, independently representshalogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, C₁-C₆-alkylsulfanyl,C₁-C₆-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₁-C₆-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or, tri(C₁-C₆)alkylsilyl ortri(C₁-C₆)alkylsilyl-C₁-C₆-alkyl.

More preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention arethose wherein Q which can be the same or different, independentlyrepresents fluorine, chlorine, bromine, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄-alkyl,C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-alkylsulfanyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,tri(C₁-C₄)alkylsilyl or tri(C₁-C₄)alkylsilyl-C₁-C₄-alkyl.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 1-   Y² represents S or O,-   Y₃ represents O, S or NR⁸,-   R⁶ and R⁸ are as herein defined.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 1,-   Y² represents 0,-   Y³ represents O or NR⁸,-   R⁶ and R⁸ are as herein defined.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 1,-   Y² represents 0,-   Y³ represents NR⁸,-   R⁶ and R⁸ are as herein defined.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 0,-   Y³ represents O, S or NR⁸,-   R⁶ is as herein defined,-   R⁸ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 0,-   Y³ represents O or NR⁸,-   R⁶ is as herein defined,-   R⁸ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

Preferred compounds of formula (I) according to the invention are thosewherein R represents R^(B), wherein

-   t represents 0,-   Y³ represents NR⁸,-   R⁶ is as herein defined,-   R⁸ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be    the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,    C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms    which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl    comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,    C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,    phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which    can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q.

Preferred compounds according to the invention are those, wherein Rrepresents R^(A)

Preferred compounds according to the invention are those, wherein Rrepresents R^(B)

However, the general or preferred radical definitions or illustrationsgiven above can also be combined with one another as desired, i.e.including combinations between respective ranges and preferred ranges.They apply both to the end products and, correspondingly, to precursorsand intermediates. Moreover, individual definitions may not apply.

Preference is given to using those compounds of the formula (I) in whichall radicals each have the meanings mentioned above as being preferred.

Particular preference is given to using those compounds of the formula(I) in which all radicals each have the meanings mentioned above asbeing more preferred.

Very particular preference is given to using those compounds of theformula (I) in which all radicals each have the meanings mentioned aboveas being even more preferred.

In these combinations of preferred features of the substituents of thecompounds according to the invention, the said preferred features canalso be selected among the more preferred features of each of R¹, R²,R³, R⁴, n, Y¹ and Het, so as to form most preferred subclasses ofcompounds according to the invention.

According to the invention, the following generic terms are generallyused with the following meanings:

Halogen means fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.

Heteroatom can be nitrogen, oxygen or sulphur.

Alkyl: saturated straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicals having1 to 8 carbon atoms, for example C₁-C₆-alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl,propyl, 1-methylethyl, butyl, 1-methylpropyl, 2-methylpropyl,1,1-dimethylethyl, pentyl, 1-methylbutyl, 2-methylbutyl, 3-methylbutyl,2,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-ethylpropyl, hexyl, 1,1-dimethylpropyl,1,2-dimethylpropyl, 1-methylpentyl, 2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl,4-methylpentyl, 1,1-dimethylbutyl, 1,2-dimethylbutyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl,2,2-dimethylbutyl, 2,3-dimethylbutyl, 3,3-dimethylbutyl, 1-ethylbutyl,2-ethylbutyl, 1,1,2-trimethylpropyl, 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl,1-ethyl-1-methylpropyl and 1-ethyl-2-methylpropyl; heptyl, octyl.Haloalkyl: straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1 to 8 carbonatoms (as mentioned above), where in these groups some or all of thehydrogen atoms may be replaced by halogen atoms as mentioned above, forexample C₁-C₃-haloalkyl, such as chloromethyl, bromomethyl,dichloromethyl, trichloromethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl,trifluoromethyl, chlorofluoromethyl, dichlorofluoromethyl,chlorodifluoromethyl, 1-chloroethyl, 1-bromoethyl, 1-fluoroethyl,2-fluoroethyl, 2,2-difluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl,2-chloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2-chloro-2,2-difluoroethyl,2,2-dichloro-2-fluoroethyl, 2,2,2-trichloroethyl, pentafluoroethyl and1,1,1-trifluoroprop-2-yl.Alkenyl: unsaturated straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon radicalshaving 2 to 8 carbon atoms and a double bond in any position, forexample C₂-C₆-alkenyl, such as ethenyl, 1-propenyl, 2-propenyl,1-methylethenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 1-methyl-1-propenyl,2-methyl-1-propenyl, 1-methyl-2-propenyl, 2-methyl-2-propenyl,1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-pentenyl, 4-pentenyl, 1-methyl-1-butenyl,2-methyl-1-butenyl, 3-methyl-1-butenyl, 1-methyl-2-butenyl,2-methyl-2-butenyl, 3-methyl-2-butenyl, 1-methyl-3-butenyl,2-methyl-3-butenyl, 3-methyl-3-butenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propenyl,1,2-dimethyl-1-propenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-1-propenyl,1-ethyl-2-propenyl, 1-hexenyl, 2-hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 4-hexenyl,5-hexenyl, 1-methyl-1-pentenyl, 2-methyl-1-pentenyl,3-methyl-1-pentenyl, 4-methyl-1-pentenyl, 1-methyl-2-pentenyl,2-methyl-2-pentenyl, 3-methyl-2-pentenyl, 4-methyl-2-pentenyl,1-methyl-3-pentenyl, 2-methyl-3-pentenyl, 3-methyl-3-pentenyl,4-methyl-3-pentenyl, 1-methyl-4-pentenyl, 2-methyl-4-pentenyl,3-methyl-4-pentenyl, 4-methyl-4-pentenyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butenyl,1,1-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,2-dimethyl-2-butenyl,1,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl, 1,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl,1,3-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 2,2-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl,2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-3-butenyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butenyl,3,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1-ethyl-1-butenyl, 1-ethyl-2-butenyl,1-ethyl-3-butenyl, 2-ethyl-1-butenyl, 2-ethyl-2-butenyl,2-ethyl-3-butenyl, 1,1,2-trimethyl-2-propenyl,1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-propenyl, 1-ethyl-2-methyl-1-propenyl and1-ethyl-2-methyl-2-propenyl.Alkynyl: straight-chain or branched hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 8carbon atoms and a triple bond in any position, for exampleC₂-C₆-alkynyl, such as ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl, 1-butynyl,2-butynyl, 3-butynyl, 1-methyl-2-propynyl, 1-pentynyl, 2-pentynyl,3-pentynyl, 4-pentynyl, 1-methyl-2-butynyl, 1-methyl-3-butynyl,2-methyl-3-butynyl, 3-methyl-1-butynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-propynyl,1-ethyl-2-propynyl, 1-hexynyl, 2-hexynyl, 3-hexynyl, 4-hexynyl,5-hexynyl, 1-methyl-2-pentynyl, 1-methyl-3-pentynyl,1-methyl-4-pentynyl, 2-methyl-3-pentynyl, 2-methyl-4-pentynyl,3-methyl-1-pentynyl, 3-methyl-4-pentynyl, 4-methyl-1-pentynyl,4-methyl-2-pentynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-2-butynyl, 1,1-dimethyl-3-butynyl,1,2-dimethyl-3-butynyl, 2,2-dimethyl-3-butynyl, 3,3-dimethyl-1-butynyl,1-ethyl-2-butynyl, 1-ethyl-3-butynyl, 2-ethyl-3-butynyl and1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-propynyl.Cycloalkyl: monocyclic saturated hydrocarbon groups having 3 to 8 carbonring members, such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl,cycloheptyl and cyclooctyl.Cycloalkenyl: monocyclic nonaromatic hydrocarbon groups having 3 to 8carbon ring members and at least one double bond, such ascyclopenten-1-yl, cyclohexen-1-yl, cyclohepta-1,3-dien-1-yl.Alkoxycarbonyl: an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms (as mentionedabove) which is attached to the skeleton via a carbonyl group (—CO—).

The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-a). Thus, according to a further aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided a process P1 for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-a), as herein-defined, as illustrated by thefollowing reaction schemes. If not stated otherwise all radicals havethe meanings as defined above.

According to the invention, process P1 may be performed if appropriatein the presence of a solvent and if appropriate in the presence of abase or a catalyst.

Suitable catalysts to perform process P1 could be chosen amongst usualLewis acids such as for example MgCl₂, MgBr₂, AlCl₃, AlBr₃, FeCl₃,ZnCl₂, ZnBr₂, SnCl₄, SnBr₄, TiC₄, TiBr₄, Ti(OiPr)₄, SbCl₅, PF₅,BF₃.Et₂O.

Compounds of formula (III) are commercially available or can be preparedaccording to known methods.

Compounds of formula (II), useful as synthetic intermediates, could beprepared according to process P2 as illustrated by the followingreaction scheme:

According to the invention process P2 may be performed if appropriate inthe presence of a solvent, if appropriate in the presence of a catalystand if appropriate in the presence of a base.

Compounds of formula (II) may exist in Z-form or in E-form where thecorrect assignment of Z and E according to the IUPAC nomenclaturedepends on the definitions of the different substituents

Compounds of formula (IV) are commercially available or prepared fromknown procedures such as reductive amination of carbonyls, nucleophilicdisplacement, and reduction of amides, cyanides or nitro groups (cf. R.C. Larock Comprehensive organic transformations, 1989, VCH publishers).

Compounds of formula (III), useful as synthetic intermediates, could beprepared according to process P3 as illustrated by the followingreaction scheme:

According to the invention process P3 may be performed if appropriate inthe presence of a solvent.

Compounds of formula (V) are commercially available or prepared fromknown procedures such as alkylation of corresponding Weinreb amides oroxidation of alcohols (cf. R. C. Larock Comprehensive organictransformations, 1989, VCH publishers).

The Vilsmeier reagent can be prepared by mixing an activating reagentsuch as for example SOCl₂, SOBr₂, POCl₃, POBr₃, PCl₅, PBr₅, (COCl)₂,COCl₂ with a N,N-dialkylformamide such as for example DMF either in situor prior to the reaction.

The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-b). Thus, according to a further aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided a process P4 for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-b), as herein-defined, as illustrated by thefollowing reaction scheme.

According to the invention, process P4 may be performed if appropriatein the presence of a solvent and if appropriate in the presence of abase, if appropriate in the presence of an acid or a Lewis acid.

Suitable acids to perform process P1 could be chosen amongst usualBrønsted acids such as for example HCl, H₂SO₄, KHSO₄, AcOH, TFA, PTSA,CSA, TEAωHCl, PyridineωHCl.

Suitable catalysts to perform process P1 could be chosen amongst usualLewis acids such as for example MgCl₂, MgBr₂, AlCl₃, AlBr₃, FeCl₃,ZnCl₂, ZnBr₂, SnCl₄, SnBr₄, TiCl₄, TiBr₄, Ti(OiPr)₄, SbCl₅, PF₅,BF₃.Et₂O. Compounds of formula (VI) are commercially available orprepared from known procedures.

The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-c). Thus, according to a further aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided a process P5 for the preparation ofcompounds of formula (I-c), as herein-defined, as illustrated by thefollowing reaction scheme.

According to the invention, process P5 may be performed if appropriatein the presence of a solvent, if appropriate in the presence of a baseand in the presence of a thionating agent.

Suitable thionating agents for carrying out process P5 according to theinvention can be sulphur (S), sulfhydric acid (H₂S), sodium sulfide(Na₂S), sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS), boron trisulfide (B₂S₃),bis(diethylaluminium) sulfide [(AlEt₂)₂S], ammonium sulfide [(NH₄)₂S],phosphorous pentasulfide (P₂S₅), Lawesson's reagent[2,4-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,2,3,4-dithiadiphosphetane 2,4-disulfide] ora polymer-supported thionating reagent (cf. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin 1,2001, 358).

Suitable solvents for carrying out processes P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5according to the invention are customary inert organic solvents.Preference is given to using optionally halogenated aliphatic, alicyclicor aromatic hydrocarbons, such as petroleum ether, hexane, heptane,cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene or decalin,chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, dichloromethane, chloroform, carbontetrachloride, dichlorethane or trichlorethane, ethers, such as diethylether, diisopropyl ether, methyl tert-butyl ether, methyl tert-amylether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 1,2-diethoxyethaneor anisole, nitriles, such as acetonitrile, propionitrile, n- oriso-butyronitrile or benzonitrile, amides, such asN,N-dimethylformamide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, N-methylformanilide,N-methylpyrrolidone or hexamethylphosphoric triamide, esters, such asmethyl acetate or ethyl acetate, sulphoxides, such as dimethylsulphoxide, or sulphones, such as sulpholane.

Suitable bases for carrying out processes P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5according to the invention are inorganic and organic bases which arecustomary for such reactions. Preference is given to using alkalineearth metal, alkali metal hydride, alkali metal hydroxides or alkalimetal alkoxides, such as sodium hydroxide, sodium hydride, calciumhydroxide, potassium hydroxide, potassium tert-butoxide or otherammonium hydroxide, alkali metal carbonates, such as sodium carbonate,potassium carbonate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, cesiumcarbonate, alkali metal or alkaline earth metal acetates, such as sodiumacetate, potassium acetate, calcium acetate, and also tertiary amines,such as trimethylamine, triethylamine, diisopropylethylamine,tributylamine, N,N-dimethylaniline, pyridine, N-methylpiperidine,N,N-dimethylaminopyridine, 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO),1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (DBN) or1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU).

It is also possible to employ the reaction components in other ratios.Work-up is carried out by known methods.

In general, the reaction mixture is concentrated under reduced pressure.The residue that remains can be freed by known methods, such aschromatography or recrystallization, from any impurities that can stillbe present.

When carrying out processes P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 according to theinvention, the reaction temperatures can be varied within a relativelywide range. In general, these processes are carried out at temperaturesfrom 0° C. to 160° C., preferably from 10° C. to 120° C. A way tocontrol the temperature for the processes according to the invention isto use micro-wave technology.

Processes P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 according to the invention are generallycarried out under atmospheric pressure. It is also possible to operateunder elevated or reduced pressure.

Compounds according to the invention can be prepared according to theabove described processes. It will nevertheless be understood that, onthe basis of his general knowledge and of available publications, theskilled worker will be able to adapt these processes according to thespecifics of each of the compounds according to the invention that isdesired to be synthesized.

The present invention furthermore relates to compositions forcombating/controlling undesirable microorganisms comprising the activecompounds according to the invention. Preferably, the compositions arefungicidal compositions comprising agriculturally suitable auxiliaries,solvents, carriers, surfactants or extenders.

Furthermore the invention relates to a method of combating undesirablemicroorganisms, characterized in that the compounds according to theinvention are applied to the phytopathogenic fungi and/or their habitat.

According to the invention, carrier is to be understood as meaning anatural or synthetic, organic or inorganic substance which is mixed orcombined with the active compounds for better applicability, inparticular for application to plants or plant parts or seeds. Thecarrier, which may be solid or liquid is generally inert and should besuitable for use in agriculture.

Suitable solid or liquid carriers are: for example ammonium salts andnatural ground minerals, such as kaolins, clays, talc, chalk, quartz,attapulgite, montmorillonite or diatomaceous earth, and ground syntheticminerals, such as finely divided silica, alumina and natural orsynthetic silicates, resins, waxes, solid fertilizers, water, alcohols,especially butanol, organic solvents, mineral oils and vegetable oils,and also derivatives thereof. It is also possible to use mixtures ofsuch carriers. Solid carriers suitable for granules are: for examplecrushed and fractionated natural minerals, such as calcite, marble,pumice, sepiolite, dolomite, and also synthetic granules of inorganicand organic meals and also granules of organic material, such assawdust, coconut shells, maize cobs and tobacco stalks.

Suitable liquefied gaseous extenders or carriers are liquids which aregaseous at ambient temperature and under atmospheric pressure, forexample aerosol propellants, such as butane, propane, nitrogen andcarbon dioxide.

Tackifiers, such as carboxymethylcellulose and natural and syntheticpolymers in the form of powders, granules and latices, such as gumarabic, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, or else naturalphospholipids, such as cephalins and lecithins and syntheticphospholipids can be used in the formulations. Other possible additivesare mineral and vegetable oils and waxes, optionally modified.

If the extender used is water, it is also possible for example, to useorganic solvents as auxiliary solvents. Suitable liquid solvents areessentially: aromatic compounds, such as xylene, toluene oralkylnaphthalenes, chlorinated aromatic compounds or chlorinatedaliphatic hydrocarbons, such as chlorobenzenes, chloroethylenes ormethylene chloride, aliphatic hydrocarbons, such as cyclohexane orparaffins, for example mineral oil fractions, mineral and vegetableoils, alcohols, such as butanol or glycol, and also ethers and estersthereof, ketones, such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutylketone or cyclohexanone, strongly polar solvents, such asdimethylformamide and dimethyl sulphoxide, and also water.

The compositions according to the invention may comprise additionalfurther components, such as, for example, surfactants. Suitablesurfactants are emulsifiers, dispersants or wetting agents having ionicor nonionic properties, or mixtures of these surfactants. Examples ofthese are salts of polyacrylic acid, salts of lignosulphonic acid, saltsof phenolsulphonic acid or naphthalenesulphonic acid, polycondensates ofethylene oxide with fatty alcohols or with fatty acids or with fattyamines, substituted phenols (preferably alkylphenols or arylphenols),salts of sulphosuccinic esters, taurine derivatives (preferably alkyltaurates), phosphoric esters of polyethoxylated alcohols or phenols,fatty esters of polyols, and derivatives of the compounds containingsulphates, sulphonates and phosphates. The presence of a surfactant isrequired if one of the active compounds and/or one of the inert carriersis insoluble in water and when the application takes place in water. Theproportion of surfactants is between 5 and 40 percent by weight of thecomposition according to the invention.

It is possible to use colorants such as inorganic pigments, for exampleiron oxide, titanium oxide, Prussian blue, and organic dyes, such asalizarin dyes, azo dyes and metal phthalocyanine dyes, and tracenutrients, such as salts of iron, manganese, boron, copper, cobalt,molybdenum and zinc.

If appropriate, other additional components may also be present, forexample protective colloids, binders, adhesives, thickeners, thixotropicsubstances, penetrants, stabilizers, sequestering agents, complexformers. In general, the active compounds can be combined with any solidor liquid additive customarily used for formulation purposes.

In general, the compositions according to the invention comprise between0.05 and 99 percent by weight, 0.01 and 98 percent by weight, preferablebetween 0.1 and 95 percent by weight, particularly preferred between 0.5and 90 percent by weight of the active compound according to theinvention, very particularly preferable between 10 and 70 percent byweight.

The active compound combinations or compositions according to theinvention can be used as such or, depending on their respective physicaland/or chemical properties, in the form of their formulations or the useforms prepared therefrom, such as aerosols, capsule suspensions,cold-fogging concentrates, warm-fogging concentrates, encapsulatedgranules, fine granules, flowable concentrates for the treatment ofseed, ready-to-use solutions, dustable powders, emulsifiableconcentrates, oil-in-water emulsions, water-in-oil emulsions,macrogranules, microgranules, oil-dispersible powders, oil-miscibleflowable concentrates, oil-miscible liquids, foams, pastes,pesticide-coated seed, suspension concentrates, suspoemulsionconcentrates, soluble concentrates, suspensions, wettable powders,soluble powders, dusts and granules, water-soluble granules or tablets,water-soluble powders for the treatment of seed, wettable powders,natural products and synthetic substances impregnated with activecompound, and also micro-encapsulations in polymeric substances and incoating materials for seed, and also ULV cold-fogging and warm-foggingformulations.

The formulations mentioned can be prepared in a manner known per se, forexample by mixing the active compounds or the active compoundcombinations with at least one additive. Suitable additives are allcustomary formulation auxiliaries, such as, for example, organicsolvents, extenders, solvents or diluents, solid carriers and fillers,surfactants (such as adjuvants, emulsifiers, dispersants, protectivecolloids, wetting agents and tackifiers), dispersants and/or binders orfixatives, preservatives, dyes and pigments, defoamers, inorganic andorganic thickeners, water repellents, if appropriate siccatives and UVstabilizers, gibberellins and also water and further processingauxiliaries. Depending on the formulation type to be prepared in eachcase, further processing steps such as, for example, wet grinding, drygrinding or granulation may be required.

The compositions according to the invention do not only compriseready-to-use compositions which can be applied with suitable apparatusto the plant or the seed, but also commercial concentrates which have tobe diluted with water prior to use.

The active compound combinations according to the invention can bepresent in (commercial) formulations and in the use forms prepared fromthese formulations as a mixture with other (known) active compounds,such as insecticides, attractants, sterilants, bactericides, acaricides,nematicides, fungicides, growth regulators, herbicides, fertilizers,safeners and Semiochemicals.

The treatment according to the invention of the plants and plant partswith the active compounds or compositions is carried out directly or byaction on their surroundings, habitat or storage space using customarytreatment methods, for example by dipping, spraying, atomizing,irrigating, evaporating, dusting, fogging, broadcasting, foaming,painting, spreading-on, watering (drenching), drip irrigating and, inthe case of propagation material, in particular in the case of seeds,furthermore as a powder for dry seed treatment, a solution for seedtreatment, a water-soluble powder for slurry treatment, by incrusting,by coating with one or more layers, etc. It is furthermore possible toapply the active compounds by the ultra-low volume method, or to injectthe active compound preparation or the active compound itself into thesoil.

The invention furthermore comprises a method for treating seed. Theinvention furthermore relates to seed treated according to one of themethods described in the preceding paragraph.

The active compounds or compositions according to the invention areespecially suitable for treating seed. A large part of the damage tocrop plants caused by harmful organisms is triggered by an infection ofthe seed during storage or after sowing as well as during and aftergermination of the plant. This phase is particularly critical since theroots and shoots of the growing plant are particularly sensitive, andeven small damage may result in the death of the plant. Accordingly,there is great interest in protecting the seed and the germinating plantby using appropriate compositions.

The control of phytopathogenic fungi by treating the seed of plants hasbeen known for a long time and is the subject of continuousimprovements. However, the treatment of seed entails a series ofproblems which cannot always be solved in a satisfactory manner Thus, itis desirable to develop methods for protecting the seed and thegerminating plant which dispense with the additional application of cropprotection agents after sowing or after the emergence of the plants orwhich at least considerably reduce additional application. It isfurthermore desirable to optimize the amount of active compound employedin such a way as to provide maximum protection for the seed and thegerminating plant from attack by phytopathogenic fungi, but withoutdamaging the plant itself by the active compound employed. Inparticular, methods for the treatment of seed should also take intoconsideration the intrinsic fungicidal properties of transgenic plantsin order to achieve optimum protection of the seed and the germinatingplant with a minimum of crop protection agents being employed.

Accordingly, the present invention also relates in particular to amethod for protecting seed and germinating plants against attack byphytopathogenic fungi by treating the seed with a composition accordingto the invention. The invention also relates to the use of thecompositions according to the invention for treating seed for protectingthe seed and the germinating plant against phytopathogenic fungi.Furthermore, the invention relates to seed treated with a compositionaccording to the invention for protection against phytopathogenic fungi.

The control of phytopathogenic fungi which damage plants post-emergenceis carried out primarily by treating the soil and the above-ground partsof plants with crop protection compositions. Owing to the concernsregarding a possible impact of the crop protection composition on theenvironment and the health of humans and animals, there are efforts toreduce the amount of active compounds applied.

One of the advantages of the present invention is that, because of theparticular systemic properties of the compositions according to theinvention, treatment of the seed with these compositions not onlyprotects the seed itself, but also the resulting plants after emergence,from phytopathogenic fungi. In this manner, the immediate treatment ofthe crop at the time of sowing or shortly thereafter can be dispensedwith.

It is also considered to be advantageous that the mixtures according tothe invention can be used in particular also for transgenic seed wherethe plant growing from this seed is capable of expressing a proteinwhich acts against pests. By treating such seed with the active compoundcombinations or compositions according to the invention, even by theexpression of the, for example, insecticidal protein, certain pests maybe controlled. Surprisingly, a further synergistic effect may beobserved here, which additionally increases the effectiveness of theprotection against attack by pests.

The compositions according to the invention are suitable for protectingseed of any plant variety employed in agriculture, in the greenhouse, inforests or in horticulture or viticulture. In particular, this takes theform of seed of cereals (such as wheat, barley, rye, triticale, millet,oats), maize (corn), cotton, soya bean, rice, potatoes, sunflowers,beans, coffee, beets (e.g. sugar beets and fodder beets), peanuts,oilseed rape, poppies, olives, coconuts, cacao, sugar cane, tobacco,vegetables (such as tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and lettuce), lawn andornamental plants (also see below). The treatment of seeds of cereals(such as wheat, barley, rye, triticale, and oats), maize (corn) and riceis of particular importance.

As also described further below, the treatment of transgenic seed withthe active compound combinations or compositions according to theinvention is of particular importance. This refers to the seed of plantscontaining at least one heterologous gene which allows the expression ofa polypeptide or protein having insecticidal properties. Theheterologous gene in transgenic seed can originate, for example, frommicroorganisms of the species Bacillus, Rhizobium, Pseudomonas,Serratia, Trichoderma, Clavibacter, Glomus or Gliocladium. Preferably,this heterologous gene is from Bacillus sp., the gene product havingactivity against the European corn borer and/or the Western cornrootworm. Particularly preferably, the heterologous gene originates fromBacillus thuringiensis.

In the context of the present invention, the active compoundcombinations or compositions according to the invention are applied ontheir own or in a suitable formulation to the seed. Preferably, the seedis treated in a state in which it is sufficiently stable so that thetreatment does not cause any damage. In general, treatment of the seedmay take place at any point in time between harvesting and sowing.Usually, the seed used is separated from the plant and freed from cobs,shells, stalks, coats, hairs or the flesh of the fruits. Thus, it ispossible to use, for example, seed which has been harvested, cleaned anddried to a moisture content of less than 15% by weight. Alternatively,it is also possible to use seed which, after drying, has been treated,for example, with water and then dried again.

When treating the seed, care must generally be taken that the amount ofthe composition according to the invention applied to the seed and/orthe amount of further additives is chosen in such a way that thegermination of the seed is not adversely affected, or that the resultingplant is not damaged. This must be borne in mind in particular in thecase of active compounds which may have phytotoxic effects at certainapplication rates.

The compositions according to the invention can be applied directly,that is to say without comprising further components and without havingbeen diluted. In general, it is preferable to apply the compositions tothe seed in the form of a suitable formulation. Suitable formulationsand methods for the treatment of seed are known to the person skilled inthe art and are described, for example, in the following documents: U.S.Pat. No. 4,272,417, U.S. Pat. No. 4,245,432, U.S. Pat. No. 4,808,430,U.S. Pat. No. 5,876,739, US 2003/0176428 A, WO 2002/080675, WO2002/028186.

The active compound combinations which can be used according to theinvention can be converted into customary seed dressing formulations,such as solutions, emulsions, suspensions, powders, foams, slurries orother coating materials for seed, and also ULV formulations.

These formulations are prepared in a known manner by mixing the activecompounds or active compound combinations with customary additives, suchas, for example, customary extenders and also solvents or diluents,colorants, wetting agents, dispersants, emulsifiers, defoamers,preservatives, secondary thickeners, adhesives, gibberellins and wateras well.

Suitable colorants that may be present in the seed dressing formulationswhich can be used according to the invention include all colorantscustomary for such purposes. Use may be made both of pigments, ofsparing solubility in water, and of dyes, which are soluble in water.Examples that may be mentioned include the colorants known under thedesignations Rhodamine B, C.I. Pigment Red 112, and C.I. Solvent Red 1.

Suitable wetting agents that may be present in the seed dressingformulations which can be used according to the invention include allsubstances which promote wetting and are customary in the formulation ofactive agrochemical substances. With preference it is possible to usealkylnaphthalene-sulphonates, such as diisopropyl- ordiisobutylnaphthalene-sulphonates.

Suitable dispersants and/or emulsifiers that may be present in the seeddressing formulations which can be used according to the inventioninclude all nonionic, anionic, and cationic dispersants which arecustomary in the formulation of active agrochemical substances. Withpreference, it is possible to use nonionic or anionic dispersants ormixtures of nonionic or anionic dispersants. Particularly suitablenonionic dispersants are ethylene oxide-propylene oxide block polymers,alkylphenol polyglycol ethers, and tristyrylphenol polyglycol ethers,and their phosphated or sulphated derivatives. Particularly suitableanionic dispersants are lignosulphonates, polyacrylic salts, andarylsulphonate-formaldehyde condensates.

Defoamers that may be present in the seed dressing formulations to beused according to the invention include all foam-inhibiting compoundswhich are customary in the formulation of agrochemically activecompounds. Preference is given to using silicone defoamers, magnesiumstearate, silicone emulsions, long-chain alcohols, fatty acids and theirsalts and also organofluorine compounds and mixtures thereof.

Preservatives that may be present in the seed dressing formulations tobe used according to the invention include all compounds which can beused for such purposes in agrochemical compositions. By way of example,mention may be made of dichlorophen and benzyl alcohol hemiformal.

Secondary thickeners that may be present in the seed dressingformulations to be used according to the invention include all compoundswhich can be used for such purposes in agrochemical compositions.Preference is given to cellulose derivatives, acrylic acid derivatives,polysaccharides, such as xanthan gum or Veegum, modified clays,phyllosilicates, such as attapulgite and bentonite, and also finelydivided silicic acids.

Suitable adhesives that may be present in the seed dressing formulationsto be used according to the invention include all customary binderswhich can be used in seed dressings. Polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylacetate, polyvinyl alcohol and tylose may be mentioned as beingpreferred.

Suitable gibberellins that may be present in the seed dressingformulations to be used according to the invention are preferably thegibberellins A1, A3 (=gibberellic acid), A4 and A7; particularpreference is given to using gibberellic acid. The gibberellins areknown (cf. R. Wegler “Chemie der Pflanzenschutz- andSchädlingsbekämp-fungsmittel” [Chemistry of Crop Protection Agents andPesticides], Vol. 2, Springer Verlag, 1970, pp. 401-412).

The seed dressing formulations which can be used according to theinvention may be used directly or after dilution with water beforehandto treat seed of any of a very wide variety of types. The seed dressingformulations which can be used according to the invention or theirdilute preparations may also be used to dress seed of transgenic plants.In this context, synergistic effects may also arise in interaction withthe substances formed by expression.

Suitable mixing equipment for treating seed with the seed dressingformulations which can be used according to the invention or thepreparations prepared from them by adding water includes all mixingequipment which can commonly be used for dressing. The specificprocedure adopted when dressing comprises introducing the seed into amixer, adding the particular desired amount of seed dressingformulation, either as it is or following dilution with waterbeforehand, and carrying out mixing until the formulation is uniformlydistributed on the seed. Optionally, a drying operation follows.

The active compounds or compositions according to the invention havestrong microbicidal activity and can be used for controlling unwantedmicroorganisms, such as fungi and bacteria, in crop protection andmaterial protection.

In crop protection, fungicides can be used for controllingPlasmodiophoromycetes, Oomycetes, Chytridiomycetes, Zygomycetes,Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes.

In crop protection, bactericides can be used for controllingPseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Corynebacteriaceaeand Streptomycetaceae.

The fungicidal compositions according to the invention can be used forthe curative or protective control of phytopathogenic fungi.Accordingly, the invention also relates to curative and protectivemethods for controlling phytopathogenic fungi using the active compoundcombinations or compositions according to the invention, which areapplied to the seed, the plant or plant parts, the fruit or the soil inwhich the plants grow. Preference is given to application onto the plantor the plant parts, the fruits or the soil in which the plants grow.

The compositions according to the invention for combatingphytopathogenic fungi in crop protection comprise an active, butnon-phytotoxic amount of the compounds according to the invention.“Active, but non-phytotoxic amount” shall mean an amount of thecomposition according to the invention which is sufficient to control orto completely kill the plant disease caused by fungi, which amount atthe same time does not exhibit noteworthy symptoms of phytotoxicity.These application rates generally may be varied in a broader range,which rate depends on several factors, e.g. the phytopathogenic fungi,the plant or crop, the climatic conditions and the ingredients of thecomposition according to the invention.

The fact that the active compounds, at the concentrations required forthe controlling of plant diseases, are well tolerated by plants permitsthe treatment of aerial plant parts, of vegetative propagation materialand seed, and of the soil.

According to the invention all plants and plant parts can be treated. Byplants is meant all plants and plant populations such as desirable andundesirable wild plants, cultivars and plant varieties (whether or notprotectable by plant variety or plant breeder's rights). Cultivars andplant varieties can be plants obtained by conventional propagation andbreeding methods which can be assisted or supplemented by one or morebiotechnological methods such as by use of double haploids, protoplastfusion, random and directed mutagenesis, molecular or genetic markers orby bioengineering and genetic engineering methods. By plant parts ismeant all above ground and below ground parts and organs of plants suchas shoot, leaf, blossom and root, whereby for example leaves, needles,stems, branches, blossoms, fruiting bodies, fruits and seed as well asroots, tubers, corms and rhizomes are listed. Crops and vegetative andgenerative propagating material, for example cuttings, corms, rhizomes,tubers, runners and seeds also belong to plant parts.

The active compounds of the invention, in combination with good planttolerance and favourable toxicity to warm-blooded animals and beingtolerated well by the environment, are suitable for protecting plantsand plant organs, for increasing the harvest yields, for improving thequality of the harvested material. They may be preferably employed ascrop protection agents. They are active against normally sensitive andresistant species and against all or some stages of development.

Among the plants that can be protected by the method according to theinvention, mention may be made of major field crops like corn, soybean,cotton, Brassica oilseeds such as Brassica napus (e.g. canola), Brassicarapa, B. juncea (e.g. mustard) and Brassica carinata, rice, wheat,sugarbeet, sugarcane, oats, rye, barley, millet, triticale, flax, vineand various fruits and vegetables of various botanical taxa such asRosaceae sp. (for instance pip fruit such as apples and pears, but alsostone fruit such as apricots, cherries, almonds and peaches, berryfruits such as strawberries), Ribesioidae sp., Juglandaceae sp.,Betulaceae sp., Anacardiaceae sp., Fagaceae sp., Moraceae sp., Oleaceaesp., Actimidaceae sp., Lauraceae sp., Musaceae sp. (for instance bananatrees and plantings), Rubiaceae sp. (for instance coffee), Theaceae sp.,Sterculiceae sp., Rutaceae sp. (for instance lemons, oranges andgrapefruit); Solanaceae sp. (for instance tomatoes, potatoes, peppers,eggplant), Liliaceae sp., Compositiae sp. (for instance lettuce,artichoke and chicory—including root chicory, endive or common chicory),Umbelliferae sp. (for instance carrot, parsley, celery and celeriac),Cucurbitaceae sp. (for instance cucumber—including pickling cucumber,squash, watermelon, gourds and melons), Alliaceae sp. (for instanceonions and leek), Cruciferae sp. (for instance white cabbage, redcabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, pak Choi, kohlrabi,radish, horseradish, cress, Chinese cabbage), Leguminosae sp. (forinstance peanuts, peas and beans beans—such as climbing beans and broadbeans), Chenopodiaceae sp. (for instance mangold, spinach beet, spinach,beetroots), Malvaceae (for instance okra), Asparagaceae (for instanceasparagus); horticultural and forest crops; ornamental plants; as wellas genetically modified homologues of these crops.

As already mentioned above, it is possible to treat all plants and theirparts according to the invention. In a preferred embodiment, wild plantspecies and plant cultivars, or those obtained by conventionalbiological breeding methods, such as crossing or protoplast fusion, andparts thereof, are treated. In a further preferred embodiment,transgenic plants and plant cultivars obtained by genetic engineeringmethods, if appropriate in combination with conventional methods(genetically modified organisms), and parts thereof are treated. Theterms “parts”, “parts of plants” and “plant parts” have been explainedabove. Particularly preferably, plants of the plant cultivars which arein each case commercially available or in use are treated according tothe invention. Plant cultivars are to be understood as meaning plantshaving novel properties (“traits”) which have been obtained byconventional breeding, by mutagenesis or by recombinant DNA techniques.These can be cultivars, bio- or genotypes.

The method of treatment according to the invention can be used in thetreatment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), e.g. plants orseeds. Genetically modified plants (or transgenic plants) are plants ofwhich a heterologous gene has been stably integrated into genome. Theexpression “heterologous gene” essentially means a gene which isprovided or assembled outside the plant and when introduced in thenuclear, chloroplastic or mitochondrial genome gives the transformedplant new or improved agronomic or other properties by expressing aprotein or polypeptide of interest or by downregulating or silencingother gene(s) which are present in the plant (using for example,antisense technology, cosuppression technology or RNAinterference—RNAi—technology). A heterologous gene that is located inthe genome is also called a transgene. A transgene that is defined byits particular location in the plant genome is called a transformationor transgenic event.

Depending on the plant species or plant cultivars, their location andgrowth conditions (soils, climate, vegetation period, diet), thetreatment according to the invention may also result in superadditive(“synergistic”) effects. Thus, for example, reduced application ratesand/or a widening of the activity spectrum and/or an increase in theactivity of the active compounds and compositions which can be usedaccording to the invention, better plant growth, increased tolerance tohigh or low temperatures, increased tolerance to drought or to water orsoil salt content, increased flowering performance, easier harvesting,accelerated maturation, higher harvest yields, bigger fruits, largerplant height, greener leaf color, earlier flowering, higher qualityand/or a higher nutritional value of the harvested products, highersugar concentration within the fruits, better storage stability and/orprocessability of the harvested products are possible, which exceed theeffects which were actually to be expected.

At certain application rates, the active compound combinations accordingto the invention may also have a strengthening effect in plants.Accordingly, they are also suitable for mobilizing the defense system ofthe plant against attack by unwanted microorganisms. This may, ifappropriate, be one of the reasons of the enhanced activity of thecombinations according to the invention, for example against fungi.Plant-strengthening (resistance-inducing) substances are to beunderstood as meaning, in the present context, those substances orcombinations of substances which are capable of stimulating the defensesystem of plants in such a way that, when subsequently inoculated withunwanted microorganisms, the treated plants display a substantial degreeof resistance to these microorganisms. In the present case, unwantedmicroorganisms are to be understood as meaning phytopathogenic fungi,bacteria and viruses. Thus, the substances according to the inventioncan be employed for protecting plants against attack by theabovementioned pathogens within a certain period of time after thetreatment. The period of time within which protection is effectedgenerally extends from 1 to 10 days, preferably 1 to 7 days, after thetreatment of the plants with the active compounds.

Plants and plant cultivars which are preferably to be treated accordingto the invention include all plants which have genetic material whichimpart particularly advantageous, useful traits to these plants (whetherobtained by breeding and/or biotechnological means).

Plants and plant cultivars which are also preferably to be treatedaccording to the invention are resistant against one or more bioticstresses, i.e. said plants show a better defense against animal andmicrobial pests, such as against nematodes, insects, mites,phytopathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses and/or viroids.

Examples of nematode resistant plants are described in e.g. U.S. patentapplication Ser. Nos. 11/765,491, 11/765,494, 10/926,819, 10/782,020,12/032,479, 10/783,417, 10/782,096, 11/657,964, 12/192,904, 11/396,808,12/166,253, 12/166,239, 12/166,124, 12/166,209, 11/762,886, 12/364,335,11/763,947, 12/252,453, 12/209,354, 12/491,396 and 12/497,221.

Plants and plant cultivars which may also be treated according to theinvention are those plants which are resistant to one or more abioticstresses. Abiotic stress conditions may include, for example, drought,cold temperature exposure, heat exposure, osmotic stress, flooding,increased soil salinity, increased mineral exposure, ozone exposure,high light exposure, limited availability of nitrogen nutrients, limitedavailability of phosphorus nutrients, shade avoidance.

Plants and plant cultivars which may also be treated according to theinvention, are those plants characterized by enhanced yieldcharacteristics. Increased yield in said plants can be the result of,for example, improved plant physiology, growth and development, such aswater use efficiency, water retention efficiency, improved nitrogen use,enhanced carbon assimilation, improved photosynthesis, increasedgermination efficiency and accelerated maturation. Yield can furthermorebe affected by improved plant architecture (under stress and non-stressconditions), including but not limited to, early flowering, floweringcontrol for hybrid seed production, seedling vigor, plant size,internode number and distance, root growth, seed size, fruit size, podsize, pod or ear number, seed number per pod or ear, seed mass, enhancedseed filling, reduced seed dispersal, reduced pod dehiscence and lodgingresistance. Further yield traits include seed composition, such ascarbohydrate content, protein content, oil content and composition,nutritional value, reduction in anti-nutritional compounds, improvedprocessability and better storage stability.

Plants that may be treated according to the invention are hybrid plantsthat already express the characteristic of heterosis or hybrid vigorwhich results in generally higher yield, vigor, health and resistancetowards biotic and abiotic stresses). Such plants are typically made bycrossing an inbred male-sterile parent line (the female parent) withanother inbred male-fertile parent line (the male parent). Hybrid seedis typically harvested from the male sterile plants and sold to growers.Male sterile plants can sometimes (e.g. in corn) be produced bydetasseling, i.e. the mechanical removal of the male reproductive organs(or males flowers) but, more typically, male sterility is the result ofgenetic determinants in the plant genome. In that case, and especiallywhen seed is the desired product to be harvested from the hybrid plantsit is typically useful to ensure that male fertility in the hybridplants is fully restored. This can be accomplished by ensuring that themale parents have appropriate fertility restorer genes which are capableof restoring the male fertility in hybrid plants that contain thegenetic determinants responsible for male-sterility. Geneticdeterminants for male sterility may be located in the cytoplasm.Examples of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) were for instance describedin Brassica species. However, genetic determinants for male sterilitycan also be located in the nuclear genome. Male sterile plants can alsobe obtained by plant biotechnology methods such as genetic engineering.A particularly useful means of obtaining male-sterile plants isdescribed in WO 89/10396 in which, for example, a ribonuclease such asbamase is selectively expressed in the tapetum cells in the stamens.Fertility can then be restored by expression in the tapetum cells of aribonuclease inhibitor such as barstar.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods suchas genetic engineering) which may be treated according to the inventionare herbicide-tolerant plants, i.e. plants made tolerant to one or moregiven herbicides. Such plants can be obtained either by genetictransformation, or by selection of plants containing a mutationimparting such herbicide tolerance.

Herbicide-resistant plants are for example glyphosate-tolerant plants,i.e. plants made tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate or salts thereof.Plants can be made tolerant to glyphosate through different means. Forexample, glyphosate-tolerant plants can be obtained by transforming theplant with a gene encoding the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphatesynthase (EPSPS). Examples of such EPSPS genes are the AroA gene (mutantCT7) of the bacterium Salmonella typhimurium (Comai et al., 1983,Science 221, 370-371), the CP4 gene of the bacterium Agrobacterium sp.(Barry et al., 1992, Curr. Topics Plant Physiol. 7, 139-145), the genesencoding a Petuna EPSPS (Shah et al., 1986, Science 233, 478-481), aTomato EPSPS (Gasser et al., 1988, J. Biol. Chem. 263, 4280-4289), or anEleusine EPSPS (WO 01/66704). It can also be a mutated EPSPS.Glyphosate-tolerant plants can also be obtained by expressing a genethat encodes a glyphosate oxido-reductase enzyme. Glyphosate-tolerantplants can also be obtained by expressing a gene that encodes aglyphosate acetyl transferase enzyme. Glyphosate-tolerant plants canalso be obtained by selecting plants containing naturally-occurringmutations of the abovementioned genes. Plants expressing EPSPS genesthat confer glyphosate tolerance are described. Plants comprising othergenes that confer glyphosate tolerance, such as decarboxylase genes, aredescribed.

Other herbicide resistant plants are for example plants that are madetolerant to herbicides inhibiting the enzyme glutamine synthase, such asbialaphos, phosphinothricin or glufosinate. Such plants can be obtainedby expressing an enzyme detoxifying the herbicide or a mutant glutaminesynthase enzyme that is resistant to inhibition. One such efficientdetoxifying enzyme is an enzyme encoding a phosphinothricinacetyltransferase (such as the bar or pat protein from Streptomycesspecies). Plants expressing an exogenous phosphinothricinacetyltransferase are described.

Further herbicide-tolerant plants are also plants that are made tolerantto the herbicides inhibiting the enzyme hydroxyphenylpyruvatedioxygenase(HPPD). HPPD is an enzyme that catalyze the reaction in whichparahydroxyphenylpyruvate (HPP) is transformed into homogentisate.Plants tolerant to HPPD-inhibitors can be transformed with a geneencoding a naturally-occurring resistant HPPD enzyme, or a gene encodinga mutated or chimeric HPPD enzyme as described in WO 96/38567, WO99/24585, WO 99/24586, WO 2009/144079, WO 2002/046387, or U.S. Pat. No.6,768,044. Tolerance to HPPD-inhibitors can also be obtained bytransforming plants with genes encoding certain enzymes enabling theformation of homogentisate despite the inhibition of the native HPPDenzyme by the HPPD-inhibitor. Such plants and genes are described in WO99/34008 and WO 02/36787. Tolerance of plants to HPPD inhibitors canalso be improved by transforming plants with a gene encoding an enzymehaving prephenate deshydrogenase (PDH) activity in addition to a geneencoding an HPPD-tolerant enzyme, as described in WO 2004/024928.Further, plants can be made more tolerant to HPPD-inhibitor herbicidesby adding into their genome a gene encoding an enzyme capable ofmetabolizing or degrading HPPD inhibitors, such as the CYP450 enzymesshown in WO 2007/103567 and WO 2008/150473.

Still further herbicide resistant plants are plants that are madetolerant to acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors. Known ALS-inhibitorsinclude, for example, sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, triazolopyrimidines,pryimidinyoxy(thio)benzoates, and/or sulfonylaminocarbonyltriazolinoneherbicides. Different mutations in the ALS enzyme (also known asacetohydroxyacid synthase, AHAS) are known to confer tolerance todifferent herbicides and groups of herbicides, as described for examplein Tranel and Wright (2002, Weed Science 50:700-712). The production ofsulfonylurea-tolerant plants and imidazolinone-tolerant plants isdescribed. Other imidazolinone-tolerant plants are also described.Further sulfonylurea- and imidazolinone-tolerant plants are alsodescribed.

Other plants tolerant to imidazolinone and/or sulfonylurea can beobtained by induced mutagenesis, selection in cell cultures in thepresence of the herbicide or mutation breeding as described for examplefor soybeans in U.S. Pat. No. 5,084,082, for rice in WO 97/41218, forsugar beet in U.S. Pat. No. 5,773,702 and WO 99/057965, for lettuce inU.S. Pat. No. 5,198,599, or for sunflower in WO 01/065922.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods suchas genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to theinvention are insect-resistant transgenic plants, i.e. plants maderesistant to attack by certain target insects. Such plants can beobtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants containinga mutation imparting such insect resistance.

An “insect-resistant transgenic plant”, as used herein, includes anyplant containing at least one transgene comprising a coding sequenceencoding:

1) an insecticidal crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or aninsecticidal portion thereof, such as the insecticidal crystal proteinslisted by Crickmore et al. (1998, Microbiology and Molecular BiologyReviews, 62: 807-813), updated by Crickmore et al. (2005) at theBacillus thuringiensis toxin nomenclature, online at:http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/Home/Neil_Crickmore/Bt/), orinsecticidal portions thereof, e.g., proteins of the Cry protein classesCry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1B, Cry1C, Cry1D, Cry1F, Cry2Ab, Cry3Aa, or Cry3Bb orinsecticidal portions thereof (e.g. EP 1999141 and WO 2007/107302), orsuch proteins encoded by synthetic genes as e.g. described in U.S.patent application Ser. No. 12/249,016; or2) a crystal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or a portion thereofwhich is insecticidal in the presence of a second other crystal proteinfrom Bacillus thuringiensis or a portion thereof, such as the binarytoxin made up of the Cry34 and Cry35 crystal proteins (Moellenbeck etal. 2001, Nat. Biotechnol. 19: 668-72; Schnepf et al. 2006, AppliedEnvironm. Microbiol. 71, 1765-1774) or the binary toxin made up of theCry1A or Cry1F proteins and the Cry2Aa or Cry2Ab or Cry2Ae proteins(U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/214,022 and EP 08010791.5); or3) a hybrid insecticidal protein comprising parts of differentinsecticidal crystal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis, such as ahybrid of the proteins of 1) above or a hybrid of the proteins of 2)above, e.g., the Cry1A.105 protein produced by corn event MON89034 (WO2007/027777); or4) a protein of any one of 1) to 3) above wherein some, particularly 1to 10, amino acids have been replaced by another amino acid to obtain ahigher insecticidal activity to a target insect species, and/or toexpand the range of target insect species affected, and/or because ofchanges introduced into the encoding DNA during cloning ortransformation, such as the Cry3Bb1 protein in corn events MON863 orMON88017, or the Cry3A protein in corn event MIR604; or5) an insecticidal secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis orBacillus cereus, or an insecticidal portion thereof, such as thevegetative insecticidal (VIP) proteins listed at:http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/Neil_Crickmore/Bt/vip.html, e.g.,proteins from the VIP3Aa protein class; or6) a secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereuswhich is insecticidal in the presence of a second secreted protein fromBacillus thuringiensis or B. cereus, such as the binary toxin made up ofthe VIP1A and VIP2A proteins (WO 94/21795); or7) a hybrid insecticidal protein comprising parts from differentsecreted proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereus, suchas a hybrid of the proteins in 1) above or a hybrid of the proteins in2) above; or8) a protein of any one of 5) to 7) above wherein some, particularly 1to 10, amino acids have been replaced by another amino acid to obtain ahigher insecticidal activity to a target insect species, and/or toexpand the range of target insect species affected, and/or because ofchanges introduced into the encoding DNA during cloning ortransformation (while still encoding an insecticidal protein), such asthe VIP3Aa protein in cotton event COT102; or9) a secreted protein from Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereuswhich is insecticidal in the presence of a crystal protein from Bacillusthuringiensis, such as the binary toxin made up of VIP3 and Cry1A orCry1F (U.S. Patent Appl. No. 61/126,083 and 61/195,019), or the binarytoxin made up of the VIP3 protein and the Cry2Aa or Cry2Ab or Cry2Aeproteins (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/214,022 and EP08010791.5).10) a protein of 9) above wherein some, particularly 1 to 10, aminoacids have been replaced by another amino acid to obtain a higherinsecticidal activity to a target insect species, and/or to expand therange of target insect species affected, and/or because of changesintroduced into the encoding DNA during cloning or transformation (whilestill encoding an insecticidal protein).

Of course, an insect-resistant transgenic plant, as used herein, alsoincludes any plant comprising a combination of genes encoding theproteins of any one of the above classes 1 to 10. In one embodiment, aninsect-resistant plant contains more than one transgene encoding aprotein of any one of the above classes 1 to 10, to expand the range oftarget insect species affected when using different proteins directed atdifferent target insect species, or to delay insect resistancedevelopment to the plants by using different proteins insecticidal tothe same target insect species but having a different mode of action,such as binding to different receptor binding sites in the insect.

An “insect-resistant transgenic plant”, as used herein, further includesany plant containing at least one transgene comprising a sequenceproducing upon expression a double-stranded RNA which upon ingestion bya plant insect pest inhibits the growth of this insect pest.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods suchas genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to theinvention are tolerant to abiotic stresses. Such plants can be obtainedby genetic transformation, or by selection of plants containing amutation imparting such stress resistance. Particularly useful stresstolerance plants include:

1) plants which contain a transgene capable of reducing the expressionand/or the activity of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) gene in theplant cells or plants.

2) plants which contain a stress tolerance enhancing transgene capableof reducing the expression and/or the activity of the PARG encodinggenes of the plants or plants cells.

3) plants which contain a stress tolerance enhancing transgene codingfor a plant-functional enzyme of the nicotineamide adenine dinucleotidesalvage synthesis pathway including nicotinamidase, nicotinatephosphoribosyltransferase, nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenyltransferase, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide synthetase or nicotineamide phosphorybosyltransferase.

Plants or plant cultivars (obtained by plant biotechnology methods suchas genetic engineering) which may also be treated according to theinvention show altered quantity, quality and/or storage-stability of theharvested product and/or altered properties of specific ingredients ofthe harvested product such as:

1) transgenic plants which synthesize a modified starch, which in itsphysical-chemical characteristics, in particular the amylose content orthe amylose/amylopectin ratio, the degree of branching, the averagechain length, the side chain distribution, the viscosity behaviour, thegelling strength, the starch grain size and/or the starch grainmorphology, is changed in comparison with the synthesised starch in wildtype plant cells or plants, so that this is better suited for specialapplications.2) transgenic plants which synthesize non starch carbohydrate polymersor which synthesize non starch carbohydrate polymers with alteredproperties in comparison to wild type plants without geneticmodification. Examples are plants producing polyfructose, especially ofthe inulin and levan-type, plants producing alpha-1,4-glucans, plantsproducing alpha-1,6 branched alpha-1,4-glucans, plants producingalternan,3) transgenic plants which produce hyaluronan,4) transgenic plants or hybrid plants, such as onions withcharacteristics such as ‘high soluble solids content’, ‘low pungency’(LP) and/or ‘long storage’ (LS).

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnologymethods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated accordingto the invention are plants, such as cotton plants, with altered fibercharacteristics. Such plants can be obtained by genetic transformation,or by selection of plants contain a mutation imparting such alteredfiber characteristics and include:

a) Plants, such as cotton plants, containing an altered form ofcellulose synthase genes;

b) Plants, such as cotton plants, containing an altered form of rsw2 orrsw3 homologous nucleic acids Plants, such as cotton plants, withincreased expression of sucrose phosphate synthase;

c) Plants, such as cotton plants, with increased expression of sucrosesynthase;

d) Plants, such as cotton plants, wherein the timing of theplasmodesmatal gating at the basis of the fiber cell is altered, e.g.through downregulation of fiber-selective β-1,3-glucanase;

e) Plants, such as cotton plants, having fibers with altered reactivity,e.g. through the expression of N-acetylglucosaminetransferase geneincluding nodC and chitin synthase genes.

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnologymethods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated accordingto the invention are plants, such as oilseed rape or related Brassicaplants, with altered oil profile characteristics. Such plants can beobtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants contain amutation imparting such altered oil profile characteristics and include:

a) Plants, such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a higholeic acid content.

b) Plants such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a lowlinolenic acid content.

c) Plant such as oilseed rape plants, producing oil having a low levelof saturated fatty acids.

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnologymethods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated accordingto the invention are plants, such as potatoes which are virus-resistant,e.g. against potato virus Y (event SY230 and SY233 from Tecnoplant,Argentina), which are disease resistant, e.g. against potato late blight(e.g. RB gene), which show a reduction in cold-induced sweetening(carrying the Nt-Inhh, IIR-INV gene) or which possess a dwarf phenotype(Gene A-20 oxidase).

Plants or plant cultivars (that can be obtained by plant biotechnologymethods such as genetic engineering) which may also be treated accordingto the invention are plants, such as oilseed rape or related Brassicaplants, with altered seed shattering characteristics. Such plants can beobtained by genetic transformation, or by selection of plants contain amutation imparting such altered seed shattering characteristics andinclude plants such as oilseed rape plants with delayed or reduced seedshattering.

Particularly useful transgenic plants which may be treated according tothe invention are plants containing transformation events, orcombination of transformation events, that are the subject of petitionsfor non-regulated status, in the United States of America, to the Animaland Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture (USDA) whether such petitions are granted orare still pending. At any time this information is readily availablefrom APHIS (4700 River Road Riverdale, Md. 20737, USA), for instance onits internet site (URL http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/not_reg.html). Onthe filing date of this application the petitions for non-regulatedstatus that were pending with APHIS or granted by APHIS were those whichcontains the following information:

-   -   Petition: the identification number of the petition. Technical        descriptions of the transformation events can be found in the        individual petition documents which are obtainable from APHIS,        for example on the APHIS website, by reference to this petition        number. These descriptions are herein incorporated by reference.    -   Extension of Petition: reference to a previous petition for        which an extension is requested.    -   Institution: the name of the entity submitting the petition.    -   Regulated article: the plant species concerned.    -   Transgenic phenotype: the trait conferred to the plants by the        transformation event.    -   Transformation event or line: the name of the event or events        (sometimes also designated as lines or lines) for which        nonregulated status is requested.    -   APHIS documents: various documents published by APHIS in        relation to the Petition and which can be requested with APHIS.

Particularly useful transgenic plants which may be treated according tothe invention are plants which comprise one or more genes which encodeone or more toxins, such as the following which are sold under the tradenames YIELD GARD® (for example maize, cotton, soya beans), KnockOut®(for example maize), BiteGard® (for example maize), Bt-Xtra® (forexample maize), StarLink® (for example maize), Bollgard® (cotton),Nucotn® (cotton), Nucotn 33B® (cotton), NatureGard® (for example maize),Protecta® and NewLeaf® (potato). Examples of herbicide-tolerant plantswhich may be mentioned are maize varieties, cotton varieties and soyabean varieties which are sold under the trade names Roundup Ready®(tolerance to glyphosate, for example maize, cotton, soya bean), LibertyLink® (tolerance to phosphinotricin, for example oilseed rape), IMI®(tolerance to imidazolinones) and STS® (tolerance to sulphonylureas, forexample maize). Herbicide-resistant plants (plants bred in aconventional manner for herbicide tolerance) which may be mentionedinclude the varieties sold under the name Clearfield® (for examplemaize).

Additional particularly useful plants containing single transformationevents or combinations of transformation events are listed for examplein the databases from various national or regional regulatory agencies(see for example http://gmoinfo.jrc.it/gmp_browse.aspx andhttp://cera-gmc.org/index.php?evidcode=&hstIDXCode=&gType=&AbbrCode=&atCode=&stCode=&coIDCode=&action=gm_crop_database&mode=Submit).

In material protection the substances of the invention may be used forthe protection of technical materials against infestation anddestruction by undesirable fungi and/or microorganisms.

Technical materials are understood to be in the present contextnon-living materials that have been prepared for use in engineering. Forexample, technical materials that are to be protected againstmicro-biological change or destruction by the active materials of theinvention can be adhesives, glues, paper and cardboard, textiles,carpets, leather, wood, paint and plastic articles, cooling lubricantsand other materials that can be infested or destroyed bymicro-organisms. Within the context of materials to be protected arealso parts of production plants and buildings, for example coolingcircuits, cooling and heating systems, air conditioning and ventilationsystems, which can be adversely affected by the propagation of fungiand/or microorganisms. Within the context of the present invention,preferably mentioned as technical materials are adhesives, glues, paperand cardboard, leather, wood, paints, cooling lubricants and heatexchanger liquids, particularly preferred is wood. The combinationsaccording to the invention can prevent disadvantageous effects likedecaying, dis- and decoloring, or molding. The active compoundcombinations and compositions according to the invention can likewise beemployed for protecting against colonization of objects, in particularship hulls, sieves, nets, buildings, quays and signalling installations,which are in contact with sea water or brackish water.

The method of treatment according to the invention can also be used inthe field of protecting storage goods against attack of fungi andmicroorganisms. According to the present invention, the term “storagegoods” is understood to denote natural substances of vegetable or animalorigin and their processed forms, which have been taken from the naturallife cycle and for which long-term protection is desired. Storage goodsof vegetable origin, such as plants or parts thereof, for examplestalks, leafs, tubers, seeds, fruits or grains, can be protected in thefreshly harvested state or in processed form, such as pre-dried,moistened, comminuted, ground, pressed or roasted. Also falling underthe definition of storage goods is timber, whether in the form of crudetimber, such as construction timber, electricity pylons and barriers, orin the form of finished articles, such as furniture or objects made fromwood. Storage goods of animal origin are hides, leather, furs, hairs andthe like. The combinations according the present invention can preventdisadvantageous effects such as decay, discoloration or mold. Preferably“storage goods” is understood to denote natural substances of vegetableorigin and their processed forms, more preferably fruits and theirprocessed forms, such as pomes, stone fruits, soft fruits and citrusfruits and their processed forms.

Some pathogens of fungal diseases which can be treated according to theinvention may be mentioned by way of example, but not by way oflimitation:

Diseases caused by powdery mildew pathogens, such as, for example,Blumeria species, such as, for example, Blumeria graminis; Podosphaeraspecies, such as, for example, Podosphaera leucotricha; Sphaerothecaspecies, such as, for example, Sphaerotheca fuliginea; Uncinula species,such as, for example, Uncinula necator;

Diseases caused by rust disease pathogens, such as, for example,Gymnosporangium species, such as, for example, Gymnosporangium sabinae;Hemileia species, such as, for example, Hemileia vastatrix; Phakopsoraspecies, such as, for example, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and Phakopsorameibomiae; Puccinia species, such as, for example, Puccinia recondita orPuccinia triticina; Uromyces species, such as, for example, Uromycesappendiculatus;

Diseases caused by pathogens from the group of the Oomycetes, such as,for example, Bremia species, such as, for example, Bremia lactucae;Peronospora species, such as, for example, Peronospora pisi or P.brassicae; Phytophthora species, such as, for example Phytophthorainfestans; Plasmopara species, such as, for example, Plasmoparaviticola; Pseudoperonospora species, such as, for example,Pseudoperonospora humuli or Pseudoperonospora cubensis; Pythium species,such as, for example, Pythium ultimum;

Leaf blotch diseases and leaf wilt diseases caused, for example, byAlternaria species, such as, for example, Alternaria solani; Cercosporaspecies, such as, for example, Cercospora beticola; Cladiosporiumspecies, such as, for example, Cladiosporium cucumerinum; Cochliobolusspecies, such as, for example, Cochliobolus sativus (conidia form:Drechslera, Syn: Helminthosporium); Colletotrichum species, such as, forexample, Colletotrichum lindemuthanium; Cycloconium species, such as,for example, Cycloconium oleaginum; Diaporthe species, such as, forexample, Diaporthe citri; Elsinoe species, such as, for example, Elsinoefawcettii; Gloeosporium species, such as, for example, Gloeosporiumlaeticolor; Glomerella species, such as, for example, Glomerellacingulata; Guignardia species, such as, for example, Guignardiabidwelli; Leptosphaeria species, such as, for example, Leptosphaeriamaculans; Magnaporthe species, such as, for example, Magnaporthe grisea;Microdochium species, such as, for example, Microdochium nivale;Mycosphaerella species, such as, for example, Mycosphaerella graminicolaand M. fijiensis; Phaeosphaeria species, such as, for example,Phaeosphaeria nodorum; Pyrenophora species, such as, for example,Pyrenophora teres; Ramularia species, such as, for example, Ramulariacollo-cygni; Rhynchosporium species, such as, for example,Rhynchosporium secalis; Septoria species, such as, for example, Septoriaapii; Typhula species, such as, for example, Typhula incarnata; Venturiaspecies, such as, for example, Venturia inaequalis;

Root and stem diseases caused, for example, by Corticium species, suchas, for example, Corticium graminearum; Fusarium species, such as, forexample, Fusarium oxysporum; Gaeumannomyces species, such as, forexample, Gaeumannomyces graminis; Rhizoctonia species, such as, forexample Rhizoctonia solani; Tapesia species, such as, for example,Tapesia acuformis; Thielaviopsis species, such as, for example,Thielaviopsis basicola;

Ear and panicle diseases (including maize cobs) caused, for example, byAlternaria species, such as, for example, Alternaria spp.; Aspergillusspecies, such as, for example, Aspergillus flavus; Cladosporium species,such as, for example, Cladosporium cladosporioides; Claviceps species,such as, for example, Claviceps purpurea; Fusarium species, such as, forexample, Fusarium culmorum; Gibberella species, such as, for example,Gibberella zeae; Monographella species, such as, for example,Monographella nivalis; Septoria species, such as for example, Septorianodorum;

Diseases caused by smut fungi, such as, for example, Sphacelothecaspecies, such as, for example, Sphacelotheca reiliana; Tilletia species,such as, for example, Tilletia caries; T. controversa; Urocystisspecies, such as, for example, Urocystis occulta; Ustilago species, suchas, for example, Ustilago nuda; U. nuda tritici;

Fruit rot caused, for example, by Aspergillus species, such as, forexample, Aspergillus flavus; Botrytis species, such as, for example,Botrytis cinerea; Penicillium species, such as, for example, Penicilliumexpansum and P. purpurogenum; Sclerotinia species, such as, for example,Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Verticilium species, such as, for example,Verticilium alboatrum;

Seed- and soil-borne rot and wilt diseases, and also diseases ofseedlings, caused, for example, by Fusarium species, such as, forexample, Fusarium culmorum; Phytophthora species, such as, for example,Phytophthora cactorum; Pythium species, such as, for example, Pythiumultimum; Rhizoctonia species, such as, for example, Rhizoctonia solani;Sclerotium species, such as, for example, Sclerotium rolfsii;

Cancerous diseases, galls and witches' broom caused, for example, byNectria species, such as, for example, Nectria galligena;

Wilt diseases caused, for example, by Monilinia species, such as, forexample, Monilinia taxa;

Deformations of leaves, flowers and fruits caused, for example, byTaphrina species, such as, for example, Taphrina deformans;

Degenerative diseases of woody plants caused, for example, by Escaspecies, such as, for example, Phaemoniella clamydospora andPhaeoacremonium aleophilum and Fomitiporia mediterranea;

Diseases of flowers and seeds caused, for example, by Botrytis species,such as, for example, Botrytis cinerea;

Diseases of plant tubers caused, for example, by Rhizoctonia species,such as, for example, Rhizoctonia solani; Helminthosporium species, suchas, for example, Helminthosporium solani;

Diseases caused by bacteriopathogens, such as, for example, Xanthomonasspecies, such as, for example, Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae;Pseudomonas species, such as, for example, Pseudomonas syringae pv.lachrymans; Erwinia species, such as, for example, Erwinia amylovora.

Preference is given to controlling the following diseases of soya beans:

fungal diseases on leaves, stems, pods and seeds caused, for example, byalternaria leaf spot (Alternaria spec. atrans tenuissima), anthracnose(Colletotrichum gloeosporoides dematium var. truncatum), brown spot(Septoria glycines), cercospora leaf spot and blight (Cercosporakikuchii), choanephora leaf blight (Choanephora infundibulifera trispora(Syn.)), dactuliophora leaf spot (Dactuliophora glycines), downy mildew(Peronospora manshurica), drechslera blight (Drechslera glycini),frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina), leptosphaemlina leaf spot(Leptosphaerulina trifolii), phyllostica leaf spot (Phyllostictasojaecola), pod and stem blight (Phomopsis sojae), powdery mildew(Microsphaera diffusa), pyrenochaeta leaf spot (Pyrenochaeta glycines),rhizoctonia aerial, foliage, and web blight (Rhizoctonia solani), rust(Phakopsora pachyrhizi Phakopsora meibomiae), scab (Sphacelomaglycines), stemphylium leaf blight (Stemphylium botryosum), target spot(Corynespora cassiicola).

Fungal diseases on roots and the stem base caused, for example, by blackroot rot (Calonectria crotalariae), charcoal rot (Macrophominaphaseolina), fusarium blight or wilt, root rot, and pod and collar rot(Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium orthoceras, Fusarium semitectum, Fusariumequiseti), mycoleptodiscus root rot (Mycoleptodiscus terrestris),neocosmospora (Neocosmopspora vasinfecta), pod and stem blight(Diaporthe phaseolorum), stem canker (Diaporthe phaseolorum var.caulivora), phytophthora rot (Phytophthora megasperma), brown stem rot(Phialophora gregata), pythium rot (Pythium aphanidermatum, Pythiumirregulare, Pythium debaryanum, Pythium myriotylum, Pythium ultimum),rhizoctonia root rot, stem decay, and damping-off (Rhizoctonia solani),sclerotinia stem decay (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), sclerotinia Southernblight (Sclerotinia rolfsii), thielaviopsis root rot (Thielaviopsisbasicola).

It is also possible to control resistant strains of the organismsmentioned above.

Microorganisms capable of degrading or changing the industrial materialswhich may be mentioned are, for example, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algaeand slime organisms. The active compounds according to the inventionpreferably act against fungi, in particular moulds, wood-discolouringand wood-destroying fungi (Basidiomycetes) and against slime organismsand algae. Microorganisms of the following genera may be mentioned asexamples: Alternaria, such as Alternaria tenuis, Aspergillus, such asAspergillus niger, Chaetomium, such as Chaetomium globosum, Coniophora,such as Coniophora puetana, Lentinus, such as Lentinus tigrinus,Penicillium, such as Penicillium glaucum, Polyporus, such as Polyporusversicolor, Aureobasidium, such as Aureobasidium pullulans, Sclerophoma,such as Sclerophoma pityophila, Trichoderma, such as Trichoderma viride,Escherichia, such as Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas, such as Pseudomonasaeruginosa, and Staphylococcus, such as Staphylococcus aureus.

In addition, the compounds of the formula (I) according to the inventionalso have very good antimycotic activity. They have a very broadantimycotic activity spectrum in particular against dermatophytes andyeasts, moulds and diphasic fungi (for example against Candida speciessuch as Candida albicans, Candida glabrata) and Epidermophytonfloccosum, Aspergillus species such as Aspergillus niger and Aspergillusfumigatus, Trichophyton species such as Trichophyton mentagrophytes,Microsporon species such as Microsporon canis and audouinii. The list ofthese fungi by no means limits the mycotic spectrum which can becovered, but is only for illustration.

When applying the compounds according to the invention the applicationrates can be varied within a broad range. The dose of activecompound/application rate usually applied in the method of treatmentaccording to the invention is generally and advantageously

-   -   for treatment of part of plants, e.g. leafs (foliar treatment):        from 0.1 to 10,000 g/ha, preferably from 10 to 1,000 g/ha, more        preferably from 50 to 300 g/ha; in case of drench or drip        application, the dose can even be reduced, especially while        using inert substrates like rockwool or perlite;    -   for seed treatment: from 2 to 200 g per 100 kg of seed,        preferably from 3 to 150 g per 100 kg of seed, more preferably        from 2.5 to 25 g per 100 kg of seed, even more preferably from        2.5 to 12.5 g per 100 kg of seed;    -   for soil treatment: from 0.1 to 10,000 g/ha, preferably from 1        to 5,000 g/ha.

The doses herein indicated are given as illustrative examples of themethod according to the invention. A person skilled in the art will knowhow to adapt the application doses, notably according to the nature ofthe plant or crop to be treated.

The combination according to the invention can be used in order toprotect plants within a certain time range after the treatment againstpests and/or phytopathogenic fungi and/or microorganisms. The timerange, in which protection is effected, spans in general 1 to 28 days,preferably 1 to 14 days, more preferably 1 to 10 days, even morepreferably 1 to 7 days after the treatment of the plants with thecombinations or up to 200 days after the treatment of plant propagationmaterial.

Furthermore combinations and compositions according to the invention mayalso be used to reduce the contents of mycotoxins in plants and theharvested plant material and therefore in foods and animal feed stuffmade therefrom. Especially but not exclusively the following mycotoxinscan be specified: Deoxynivalenole (DON), Nivalenole, 15-Ac-DON,3-Ac-DON, T2-und HT2-Toxins, Fumonisines, Zearalenone Moniliformine,Fusarine, Diaceotoxyscirpenole (DAS), Beauvericine, Enniatine,Fusaroproliferine, Fusarenole, Ochratoxines, Patuline, Ergotalkaloidesund Aflatoxins, which are caused for example by the following fungaldiseases: Fusarium spec., like Fusarium acuminatum, F. avenaceum, F.crookwellense, F. culmorum, F. graminearum (Gibberella zeae), F.equiseti, F. fujikoroi, F. musarum, F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F.poae, F. pseudograminearum, F. sambucinum, F. scirpi, F. semitectum, F.solani, F. sporotrichoides, F. langsethiae, F. subglutinans, F.tricinctum, F. verticillioides and others but also by Aspergillus spec.,Penicillium spec., Claviceps purpurea, Stachybotrys spec. and others.

The invention is illustrated by the examples below. However, theinvention is not limited to the examples.

Preparation Examples Example of Process P1

To a solution of3-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-[(3-methylbutan-2-yl)amino]acrylonitrile (1 g, 4.02mmol, 1 eq.) in 1,2-dichloroethane (2 ml) were added cyclopropylacetylchloride (1.71 g, 16.08 mmol, 4 eq.) and pyridine (1.58 g, 20.1 mmol,Seq.) and the solution was heated to 80° C. for 8 h. The reaction wasquenched with 1N aq. HCl (20 ml) and extracted with ethylacetate. Theorganic layers were combined and washed with 1N aq. NaOH (20 ml), diredover MgSO₄ and concentration under vacuum. The residual oil wassubjected to column chromatography to give2-{(2-chlorophenyl)[(3-methylbutan-2-yl)amino]methylene}-3-oxohexanenitrile(1.012 g, 75% yield).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆/DMSO-d₅=2.50, water signal=3.33): see NMR tablefor example 13

LogP: 4.44

Example of Process P2

To a solution of 3-chloro-3-(2-chlorophenyl)acrylonitrile (1.2 g, 6.05mmol, 1 eq.) in 15 ml of MeCN was added 2-ethylcyclopropanaminehydrochloride (0.633 g, 7.27 mmol, 1.2 eq.) followed by TEA (0.919 g,7.08 mmol, 1.5 eq.). The reaction was microwaved (130° C., 2000 s, fixedhold, high absorption) and the solvent evaporated. The residual oil wastriturated in ethyl acetate and the white solid removed by filtration.After concentration under vacuum, the residual oil was subjected tocolumn chromatography to give3-(2-chlorophenyl)-3-[(3-methylbutan-2-yl)amino]acrylonitrile (1.36 g,89% yield).

LogP: 3.27

Example of Process P3

25 ml of DMF were cooled to 0° C. and POCl₃ (4.95 g, 32.3 mmol, 2 eq.)added dropwise. The reaction was stirred 30 min at 0° C. and a solutionof 2-chloro-acetophenone (2.5 g, 16.17 mmol, 1 eq.) in 15 ml of DMF wasadded. Once all added the reaction was warmed to 50° C. and stirred for8 h. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and hydroxylamine hydrochloride(4.49 g, 6.68 mmol, 4 eq.) was added by portions very carefully(exothermic). Once all added the reaction was stirred at r.t. for 2 hand quenched with H₂O. The medium was basified until pH 2-3 was reachedwith 1N aq. NaOH and extracted with ethylacetate. The organic layer waswashed with brine and dried over MgSO4. Removal of all volatiles underreduced pressure afforded 3-chloro-3-(2-chlorophenyl)acrylonitrile (2.01g, 60% yield) as a mixture of isomers which was used without furtherpurification.

LogP: 3.02, 3.23

Example of Process P4

To a solution of2-{(2-chlorophenyl)[(3-methylbutan-2-yl)amino]methylene}-3-oxohexanenitrile(0.300 g, 0.919 mmol, 1 eq.) in ethanol (6 ml) were added methoxylaminehydrochloride (0.314 g, 3.67 mmol, 4 eq.) followed by 2 drops ofconcentrated sulfuric acid. The reaction was microwaved (150° C., 22000s, fixed hold, high absorption) and the solvent evaporated. The residualoil was triturated in ethyl acetate and washed with sat. aq. solution ofNaCl. After drying over MgSO₄ and concentration under vacuum, theresidual oil was subjected to preparative HPLC to give2-{(2-chlorophenyl)[(3-methylbutan-2-yl)amino]methylene}-3-(methoxyimino)hexanenitrile(0.163 g, 49% yield).

¹H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d₆/DMSO-d₅=2.50, water signal=3.33): see NMR tablefor example 35

LogP: 5.34

In analogy to the examples above and according to the generaldescription of the processes of preparing the compounds according to theinvention the compounds in the following Table 1 may be obtained.

TABLE 1 (I)

No. R¹ Y¹ Ar R Mw LogP 1 tetrahydrofuran-3-yl O 2-bromophenyl(2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 391 3.60^([a]) 2 cyclopropylmethyl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 331 4.27^([a]) 3 2-methoxyethyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 377 3.20^([a]) 4 cyclopentyl O2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 389 5.05^([a]) 5 methoxymethyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 363 3.00^([a]) 6 furan-2-yl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 343 3.87^([a]) 7 chloromethyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 367 3.50^([a]) 8 cyclopropyl O2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 361 4.21^([a]) 9 ethyl O2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 349 4.04^([a]) 10 furan-2-yl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 385 3.50^([a]) 11 cyclobutyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 373 4.20^([a]) 12 butyl O2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 377 4.85^([a]) 13 propyl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 319 4.44^([a]) 14 butyl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 333 4.81^([a]) 15 butyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 375 4.40^([a]) 16cyclopropylmethyl O 2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 375 4.34^([a])17 propyl O 2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 363 4.40^([a]) 18chloromethyl O 2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 326 3.78^([a]) 19methoxymethyl O 2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 365 3.27^([a]) 20cyclopropyl O 2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 359 3.90^([a]) 21(methylamino)methyl O 2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 3201.89^([a]) 22 cyclobutyl O 2-bromophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 3754.64^([a]) 23 methoxymethyl O 2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 3213.21^([a]) 24 cyclopropylmethyl O 2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl373 4.06^([a]) 25 benzyl O 2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 4094.20^([a]) 26 tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl O 2-bromophenyl(2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 405 3.80^([a]) 27 2-methoxyethyl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 335 3.55^([a]) 28 ethyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 347 3.60^([a]) 29 cyclopentyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 387 4.60^([a]) 30tetrahydrofuran-3-yl O 2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 3893.25^([a]) 31 cyclopropyl O 2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 3174.18^([a]) 32 tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl O 2-bromophenyl(1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 405 3.50^([a]) 33 2-methylpropyl O2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 333 4.73^([a]) 34 propyl O2-bromophenyl (1S)-1-cyclopropylethyl 361 4.10^([a]) 35 propyl Methoxy-2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 347 5.34^([a]) iminoyl 36 propylCyano- 2-chlorophenyl (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl 342 3.85^([a]) iminoyl

Chiral groups in table 1 show those R and/or S values, which can befound in the examples IUPAC names (product orientated chiralityspecification).

Measurement of logP values was performed according EEC directive 79/831Annex V.A8 by HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) on reversedphase columns with the following methods:

^([a]) measurement of LC-MS was done at pH 2.7 with 0.1% formic acid inwater and with acetonitrile (contains 0.1% formic acid) as eluent with alinear gradient from 10% acetonitrile to 95% acetonitrile.

Calibration was done with not branched alkan2-ones (with 3 to 16 carbonatoms) with known logP-values (measurement of logP values usingretention times with linear interpolation between successive alkanones).Lambda_(max) values were determined using UV-spectra from 200 nm to 400nm and the peak values of the chromatographic signals. In Table 1, M⁺H(or M H) means the molecular ion peak, plus or minus 1 a.m.u. (atomicmass unit) respectively, as observed in mass spectroscopy and M (APCI⁺)means the molecular ion peak as it was found via positive atmosphericpressure chemical ionization in mass spectroscopy. M−1 was measured forthese examples.

NMR Data of Selected Examples as Peak Lists

The ¹H NMR data of the selected examples which follow are noted in theform of ¹H NMR peak lists. For each signal peak, first the δ value inppm and then the signal intensity in brackets are listed, separated by aspace. The δ-signal intensity value pairs of different signal peaks arelisted separated from one another by semicolons. The peak list of oneexample therefore takes the form of:

-   -   δ₁ (intensity₁); δ₂ (intensity₂); . . . ; δ_(i) (intensity_(i));        . . . ; δ_(n) (intensity_(n))

The solvent in which the NMR spectrum was recorded is listed after theExample number and before the NMR peak list. A detailed description ofthe presentation of NMR data in the form of peak lists can be found inthe publication “Citation of NMR Peaklist Data within PatentApplications” (cf. Research Disclosure Database Number 564025, 2011, 16Mar. 2011 or http://www.rdelectronic.co.uk/rd/free/RD564025.pdf). Theintensity of sharp signals correlates with the height of the signals ina printed example of an NMR spectrum in cm and shows the true ratios ofthe signal intensities. In the case of broad signals, a plurality ofpeaks or the middle of the signal and their relative intensitiescompared to the most intensive signal in the spectrum may be shown. Thelists of the ¹H-NMR peaks are similar to the classic ¹H-NMR prints andthus usually comprise all peaks listed in classic NMR interpretations.In addition, like classic ¹H-NMR prints, they may show solvent signals,signals of stereoisomers of the target compounds, which are likewisepart of the subject matter of the invention, and/or peaks of impurities.When listing the compounds signals in the vicinity of the chemical shiftof the solvent and/or water, our ¹H-NMR peaks lists show the usualsolvent peaks, e.g. the signal of DMSO-d₅ in DMSO-d₆ and the watersignal, which usually show a high intensity. The peaks of stereoisomersof the target compounds and/or peaks of impurities typically show alower intensity then the peaks of the target compounds (for instancewith a purity of >90%). Such stereoisomers and/or impurities can betypical of a given preparation process. Their peaks can therefore helprecognizing the reproduction of our preparation procedure on the basisof “side-products fingerprints”. A person skilled in the art, whocalculates the predicted signals of the target compounds using knowntechniques (MestreC, ACD-Simulation, but also using empirically expectedvalues), can identify the peaks of the target compound, eventually usingintensity filters. The isolation would be similar to the correspondingpeak-picking procedure of a classical ¹H-NMR interpretation. In thefollowing table, all NMR data of the target compounds and of theirintermediates are listed.

Example 1, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9037 (0.89);11.8674 (0.80); 7.7272 (4.96); 7.7006 (3.31); 7.6958 (6.60); 7.6910(4.42); 7.6196 (0.47); 7.6153 (0.45); 7.6093 (0.40); 7.5890 (0.50);7.5149 (0.88); 7.5090 (1.14); 7.5058 (1.31); 7.5005 (1.40); 7.4849(2.66); 7.4794 (3.33); 7.4760 (3.92); 7.4707 (3.68); 7.4555 (2.64);7.4465 (3.64); 7.4407 (3.00); 7.4285 (2.11); 7.4204 (4.82); 7.4125(3.42); 7.3973 (2.46); 7.3895 (5.52); 7.3818 (3.67); 7.3663 (1.79);7.3591 (2.64); 7.3513 (1.59); 7.3461 (1.36); 7.3343 (0.44); 7.3240(0.37); 7.3107 (2.07); 7.3045 (2.81); 7.2982 (1.77); 7.2917 (0.76);7.2776 (6.75); 7.2689 (4.01); 7.2416 (2.23); 4.1079 (0.72); 4.0852(0.38); 4.0758 (0.60); 4.0688 (0.78); 4.0604 (0.63); 4.0504 (2.88);4.0447 (7.21); 4.0347 (3.96); 4.0257 (5.98); 4.0180 (9.50); 4.0103(4.79); 4.0008 (5.58); 3.9973 (6.14); 3.9799 (2.53); 3.9731 (3.20);3.9568 (1.82); 3.9477 (3.45); 3.9408 (3.90); 3.9248 (1.37); 3.9153(2.36); 3.8939 (0.52); 3.8681 (0.44); 3.8561 (2.39); 3.8492 (1.07);3.8272 (4.74); 3.7982 (3.19); 3.7941 (3.64); 3.7754 (1.22); 3.7661(1.81); 3.7570 (1.48); 3.7475 (2.55); 3.7193 (3.16); 3.6895 (2.13);3.6629 (0.78); 3.1336 (0.32); 3.1071 (1.01); 3.0862 (1.24); 3.0805(1.41); 3.0728 (1.27); 3.0660 (1.38); 3.0600 (1.54); 3.0529 (1.38);3.0457 (1.98); 3.0397 (1.67); 3.0355 (1.40); 3.0260 (1.15); 3.0188(1.58); 2.9881 (0.89); 2.3853 (4.35); 2.3646 (1.55); 2.3502 (0.36);2.3453 (0.41); 2.3263 (0.33); 2.3199 (0.51); 2.3100 (0.38); 2.2959(0.94); 2.2788 (2.47); 2.2730 (1.33); 2.2656 (1.00); 2.2516 (5.27);2.2392 (1.78); 2.2239 (5.42); 2.2089 (1.44); 2.2012 (2.72); 2.1968(3.11); 2.1920 (2.53); 2.1807 (1.15); 2.1734 (1.50); 2.1669 (1.24);2.1508 (0.85); 2.1410 (0.50); 2.1314 (0.40); 2.1244 (0.35); 2.0037(1.91); 1.8843 (0.69); 1.8571 (1.02); 1.8360 (1.08); 1.8305 (0.91);1.8087 (0.78); 1.7814 (0.39); 1.7531 (4.83); 1.7166 (0.86); 1.6900(1.28); 1.6664 (1.46); 1.6402 (0.95); 1.6131 (0.40); 1.3955 (0.36);1.3416 (0.35); 1.3148 (0.38); 1.2545 (11.02); 1.2526 (10.71); 1.2279(10.77); 1.2261 (10.40); 1.1778 (0.40); 1.1673 (0.44); 1.1516 (0.44);1.1407 (0.45); 1.0912 (9.23); 1.0649 (9.20); 1.0476 (0.74); 0.9826(16.00); 0.9552 (15.12); 0.9038 (9.63); 0.8991 (11.95); 0.8939 (12.67);0.8764 (9.73); 0.8715 (11.59); 0.8671 (11.96); 0.8177 (0.71); 0.7848(0.54); −0.0006 (2.64); Example 2, Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13MHz 12.0175 (1.26); 11.9876 (1.07); 11.9632 (1.16); 11.9445 (1.20);11.9192 (1.10); 7.7047 (2.49); 7.7016 (3.15); 7.6964 (1.91); 7.6847(3.63); 7.6817 (4.32); 7.6786 (4.16); 7.6760 (2.43); 7.6292 (1.84);7.6247 (4.14); 7.6194 (2.43); 7.6052 (8.79); 7.6002 (4.22); 7.5860(3.50); 7.5807 (2.75); 7.5697 (2.08); 7.5659 (3.94); 7.5623 (2.81);7.5508 (3.84); 7.5479 (4.85); 7.5441 (2.98); 7.5326 (2.08); 7.5293(2.41); 7.5256 (1.09); 7.5108 (3.74); 7.5062 (3.33); 7.4920 (2.04);7.4874 (1.67); 3.3289 (7.10); 3.0176 (0.82); 3.0048 (0.97); 3.0010(0.99); 2.9919 (0.99); 2.9886 (1.02); 2.9795 (0.97); 2.9756 (0.97);2.9629 (0.90); 2.9532 (0.79); 2.9457 (0.56); 2.9398 (0.89); 2.9367(0.90); 2.9288 (0.84); 2.9235 (0.86); 2.9156 (0.88); 2.9125 (0.84);2.8991 (0.72); 2.5148 (18.49); 2.5109 (38.71); 2.5062 (46.39); 2.5018(38.00); 2.4967 (19.10); 2.4855 (7.63); 2.4632 (0.64); 2.4531 (4.95);2.4355 (5.09); 2.3331 (0.34); 2.1278 (4.96); 2.1102 (5.08); 1.7899(0.78); 1.7763 (0.98); 1.7730 (1.18); 1.7593 (1.42); 1.7421 (1.58);1.7246 (1.48); 1.7115 (1.29); 1.7076 (1.06); 1.6946 (0.91); 1.6776(0.35); 1.2501 (0.68); 1.1787 (0.33); 1.1543 (12.07); 1.1377 (11.81);1.0943 (10.90); 1.0777 (10.95); 1.0673 (1.10); 1.0545 (1.74); 1.0489(1.45); 1.0366 (2.37); 1.0228 (1.49); 1.0194 (1.61); 1.0173 (1.68);1.0049 (1.02); 0.9996 (0.91); 0.9896 (0.67); 0.9873 (0.82); 0.9820(0.70); 0.9778 (0.58); 0.9752 (0.58); 0.9698 (1.12); 0.9643 (0.66);0.9618 (0.74); 0.9576 (0.76); 0.9521 (1.03); 0.9499 (1.11); 0.9443(0.74); 0.9402 (0.70); 0.9376 (0.71); 0.9322 (1.25); 0.9240 (0.61);0.9198 (0.83); 0.9143 (0.92); 0.9120 (1.05); 0.9005 (10.61); 0.8833(10.22); 0.8673 (10.86); 0.8503 (10.60); 0.8385 (11.83); 0.8195 (16.00);0.8018 (11.12); 0.5319 (0.98); 0.5212 (2.25); 0.5169 (2.57); 0.5127(2.87); 0.5000 (7.99); 0.4964 (7.47); 0.4891 (2.95); 0.4825 (5.40);0.4792 (6.79); 0.4759 (5.67); 0.4690 (2.40); 0.4642 (3.08); 0.4602(2.68); 0.4548 (1.36); 0.4500 (1.59); 0.4440 (2.47); 0.4399 (2.18);0.4297 (1.02); 0.2061 (0.49); 0.1977 (1.32); 0.1829 (5.89); 0.1804(6.11); 0.1762 (7.68); 0.1714 (7.78); 0.1549 (2.35); 0.1409 (0.61);0.1367 (0.63); 0.1239 (1.17); 0.1133 (2.43); 0.1100 (2.40); 0.1013(2.13); 0.0978 (2.37); 0.0868 (0.70); Example 3, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 7.7049 (0.61); 7.7003 (0.63); 7.6892 (0.71);7.6849 (0.73); 7.6736 (0.84); 7.6686 (0.82); 7.6577 (0.88); 7.6529(0.86); 7.4917 (0.55); 7.4872 (0.36); 7.4666 (0.93); 7.4619 (1.55);7.4571 (0.92); 7.4367 (0.85); 7.4323 (1.29); 7.4274 (0.72); 7.4058(0.67); 7.3984 (0.92); 7.3934 (0.86); 7.3746 (0.76); 7.3680 (1.07);7.3625 (0.93); 7.3440 (0.39); 7.3384 (0.47); 7.3319 (0.35); 7.3007(0.91); 7.2933 (0.86); 7.2787 (2.15); 7.2704 (1.36); 7.2639 (0.70);7.2480 (0.56); 7.2406 (0.55); 3.8153 (0.62); 3.8024 (0.71); 3.7934(0.72); 3.7870 (0.67); 3.7789 (1.36); 3.7655 (1.02); 3.7547 (1.29);3.7409 (0.85); 3.7328 (0.78); 3.7273 (0.38); 3.7190 (0.72); 3.6988(2.41); 3.6738 (4.75); 3.6490 (2.48); 3.4837 (0.46); 3.4596 (0.46);3.3996 (14.64); 3.3856 (0.70); 3.3754 (16.00); 3.3149 (0.39); 3.2909(0.41); 3.2335 (0.43); 3.0477 (0.54); 3.0332 (0.68); 3.0264 (0.67);3.0162 (0.91); 3.0115 (0.94); 3.0075 (0.81); 2.9972 (0.67); 2.9915(1.60); 2.9853 (0.72); 2.9681 (1.15); 2.9445 (0.47); 2.6887 (0.33);2.6616 (0.56); 2.6490 (2.70); 2.6241 (4.95); 2.5992 (2.42); 2.3555(0.38); 1.3439 (3.39); 1.3175 (3.24); 1.1423 (3.16); 1.1160 (3.06);1.0172 (0.37); 0.9847 (0.40); 0.9121 (0.38); 0.8795 (0.42); 0.5765(0.71); 0.5709 (0.88); 0.5543 (0.42); 0.5490 (0.42); 0.5397 (0.81);0.5265 (0.38); 0.5215 (0.41); 0.5138 (0.52); 0.5042 (0.72); 0.5000(0.64); 0.4832 (0.51); 0.4809 (0.50); 0.4722 (0.81); 0.4140 (0.32);0.3809 (0.51); 0.3605 (0.38); 0.1823 (0.35); 0.1789 (0.33); 0.1629(0.35); 0.1590 (0.40); 0.0404 (0.37); 0.0229 (0.37); −0.0006 (1.08);−0.0175 (0.37); −0.0367 (0.33); −0.0406 (0.33); Example 4, Solvent:CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9462 (0.49); 11.9085 (0.59); 11.8816(0.62); 11.8456 (0.53); 7.6424 (3.45); 7.6158 (2.43); 7.6109 (4.47);7.6062 (2.70); 7.4273 (0.68); 7.4221 (0.89); 7.4185 (0.91); 7.4134(0.96); 7.3976 (2.07); 7.3922 (2.47); 7.3889 (2.67); 7.3836 (2.48);7.3682 (1.99); 7.3617 (2.17); 7.3595 (2.43); 7.3536 (2.02); 7.3371(1.54); 7.3293 (3.45); 7.3215 (2.23); 7.3060 (1.86); 7.2984 (3.96);7.2906 (2.44); 7.2753 (0.97); 7.2678 (1.62); 7.2603 (0.92); 7.2410(2.37); 7.2335 (2.09); 7.2083 (3.43); 7.2022 (4.95); 7.1783 (1.85);7.1710 (1.69); 3.3797 (0.39); 3.3497 (1.45); 3.3172 (2.26); 3.2864(1.89); 3.2562 (0.58); 3.0055 (0.67); 2.9842 (0.81); 2.9789 (0.97);2.9721 (0.88); 2.9642 (0.89); 2.9584 (1.00); 2.9517 (1.01); 2.9445(1.29); 2.9380 (1.12); 2.9250 (0.82); 2.9164 (1.09); 2.8989 (0.34);2.8871 (0.68); 2.7185 (0.55); 2.6887 (0.89); 2.6560 (0.65); 2.2812(0.84); 1.9267 (1.08); 1.9044 (1.74); 1.8888 (2.22); 1.8647 (2.89);1.8335 (2.62); 1.8238 (2.15); 1.8175 (2.25); 1.8048 (2.82); 1.7935(3.26); 1.7839 (3.08); 1.7752 (3.40); 1.7635 (3.71); 1.7515 (2.88);1.7423 (2.86); 1.7328 (2.77); 1.7220 (2.33); 1.7132 (2.31); 1.7032(2.69); 1.6826 (3.26); 1.6682 (2.55); 1.6520 (3.24); 1.6363 (3.33);1.6304 (3.66); 1.6110 (3.42); 1.6058 (3.32); 1.5976 (3.23); 1.5835(3.14); 1.5664 (3.76); 1.5568 (3.17); 1.5505 (3.05); 1.5416 (3.33);1.5299 (2.79); 1.5050 (1.91); 1.4841 (0.97); 1.1730 (10.44); 1.1464(10.17); 1.0854 (0.39); 1.0732 (0.34); 1.0596 (0.39); 1.0073 (9.22);0.9807 (9.05); 0.9072 (16.00); 0.8798 (15.49); 0.8220 (10.53); 0.8133(10.78); 0.7945 (10.08); 0.7862 (9.96); 0.7326 (0.48); 0.7254 (0.47);0.7051 (0.42); −0.0006 (1.92); −0.0736 (1.33); Example 5, Solvent:CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.8498 (0.39); 7.7170 (0.73); 7.7128(0.70); 7.7029 (0.77); 7.6993 (0.75); 7.6857 (0.90); 7.6813 (0.83);7.6717 (0.77); 7.6677 (0.65); 7.5096 (0.39); 7.5055 (0.49); 7.5009(0.39); 7.4796 (1.02); 7.4759 (1.26); 7.4503 (0.93); 7.4463 (1.06);7.4216 (0.74); 7.4141 (0.84); 7.4101 (0.73); 7.3901 (0.93); 7.3853(0.99); 7.3797 (0.73); 7.3600 (0.41); 7.3551 (0.42); 7.3049 (1.07);7.2993 (1.33); 7.2884 (0.91); 7.2802 (0.89); 7.2686 (0.63); 7.2593(0.52); 7.2514 (0.41); 4.4110 (6.25); 4.1625 (1.31); 4.1339 (3.71);4.1159 (0.92); 4.1054 (3.72); 4.0879 (0.36); 4.0768 (1.29); 3.5138(2.82); 3.5039 (11.57); 3.4204 (0.46); 2.7455 (0.50); 2.7395 (0.51);2.7196 (0.45); 2.7126 (0.53); 2.1330 (0.42); 2.1295 (0.44); 2.0542(3.38); 2.0432 (16.00); 2.0168 (0.37); 2.0050 (1.16); 1.9604 (0.52);1.9574 (0.45); 1.3470 (3.17); 1.3206 (3.18); 1.2866 (6.46); 1.2669(7.17); 1.2583 (11.34); 1.2296 (4.58); 1.2042 (0.44); 1.1718 (0.79);1.1520 (2.68); 1.1257 (2.47); 1.0323 (0.42); 1.0124 (0.33); 1.0005(0.47); 0.9796 (0.36); 0.9681 (0.35); 0.9455 (0.37); 0.9239 (0.83);0.9051 (1.99); 0.8924 (2.18); 0.8801 (4.04); 0.8529 (1.48); 0.6003(0.41); 0.5782 (0.88); 0.5634 (0.56); 0.5471 (0.91); 0.5352 (0.60);0.5204 (0.90); 0.5152 (0.87); 0.5012 (0.66); 0.4857 (0.91); 0.4289(0.35); 0.3900 (0.50); 0.3693 (0.39); 0.2146 (0.41); 0.1944 (0.43);0.0713 (0.51); 0.0516 (0.44); 0.0260 (0.49); 0.0165 (0.41); 0.0054(0.51); −0.0006 (0.63); Example 7, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13MHz 7.7231 (0.47); 7.7184 (0.47); 7.7085 (0.52); 7.7039 (0.53); 7.6920(0.68); 7.6867 (0.67); 7.6770 (0.67); 7.6720 (0.68); 7.5117 (0.43);7.4864 (0.65); 7.4818 (1.16); 7.4771 (0.71); 7.4569 (0.65); 7.4521(1.00); 7.4470 (0.61); 7.4305 (0.49); 7.4227 (0.74); 7.4182 (0.66);7.3992 (0.55); 7.3925 (0.84); 7.3873 (0.74); 7.3638 (0.37); 7.3063(0.68); 7.2990 (0.66); 7.2864 (1.15); 7.2780 (0.99); 7.2694 (0.50);7.2566 (0.43); 7.2490 (0.44); 4.4894 (5.22); 4.4818 (3.03); 4.1603(0.71); 4.1317 (2.11); 4.1031 (2.25); 4.0746 (0.75); 2.7358 (0.32);2.7049 (0.38); 2.0376 (10.00); 1.3585 (3.09); 1.3324 (3.19); 1.3085(1.84); 1.2832 (5.60); 1.2674 (16.00); 1.2551 (13.07); 1.2262 (3.45);1.1948 (0.48); 1.1781 (0.69); 1.1662 (3.04); 1.1397 (2.66); 1.0376(0.34); 1.0051 (0.37); 0.9854 (0.33); 0.9688 (0.46); 0.9326 (0.42);0.9056 (4.22); 0.8802 (15.38); 0.8525 (5.12); 0.8185 (0.34); 0.8143(0.34); 0.7920 (0.49); 0.6005 (0.50); 0.5920 (0.77); 0.5787 (0.37);0.5604 (0.79); 0.5550 (0.41); 0.5422 (0.50); 0.5343 (0.52); 0.5320(0.53); 0.5282 (0.49); 0.5087 (0.40); 0.5006 (0.65); 0.3920 (0.36);0.3712 (0.32); 0.1892 (0.35); 0.0744 (0.35); −0.0006 (0.59); Example 8,Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 12.0318 (0.43); 11.9981 (0.49);11.9623 (0.52); 11.9250 (0.45); 7.7217 (2.96); 7.6943 (2.17); 7.6901(3.79); 7.6856 (2.26); 7.5088 (0.64); 7.5035 (0.81); 7.5003 (0.83);7.4952 (0.86); 7.4788 (1.79); 7.4731 (2.25); 7.4707 (2.33); 7.4651(2.13); 7.4494 (1.77); 7.4408 (2.21); 7.4353 (1.73); 7.4171 (1.35);7.4092 (2.80); 7.4014 (1.94); 7.3861 (1.62); 7.3783 (3.30); 7.3706(2.12); 7.3614 (0.62); 7.3554 (0.96); 7.3477 (1.58); 7.3400 (0.92);7.3319 (0.44); 7.3230 (2.01); 7.3155 (1.76); 7.2928 (3.51); 7.2853(3.14); 7.2780 (1.85); 7.2628 (1.67); 7.2554 (1.50); 3.0763 (0.57);3.0554 (0.74); 3.0497 (0.86); 3.0437 (0.74); 3.0346 (0.82); 3.0294(0.89); 3.0233 (0.90); 3.0156 (1.08); 3.0081 (1.02); 2.9969 (0.73);2.9873 (1.01); 2.9708 (0.33); 2.9590 (0.63); 2.4998 (0.46); 2.4812(0.99); 2.4682 (1.14); 2.4664 (1.15); 2.4504 (2.15); 2.4325 (1.34);2.4189 (1.19); 2.4036 (1.94); 2.3494 (0.45); 1.8658 (0.50); 1.8448(0.62); 1.8385 (0.74); 1.8175 (0.75); 1.8112 (0.66); 1.7904 (0.58);1.7128 (0.49); 1.6847 (0.63); 1.6634 (0.70); 1.6575 (0.87); 1.6365(0.90); 1.6304 (0.77); 1.6195 (0.41); 1.6094 (0.69); 1.2371 (8.95);1.2105 (8.91); 1.1867 (0.80); 1.1699 (0.84); 1.1514 (1.17); 1.1429(1.22); 1.1309 (2.19); 1.1148 (3.34); 1.1060 (2.59); 1.0964 (2.39);1.0876 (2.52); 1.0807 (1.06); 1.0713 (1.42); 1.0610 (8.12); 1.0346(8.09); 1.0177 (0.98); 1.0060 (0.63); 0.9991 (0.69); 0.9914 (0.89);0.9683 (15.09); 0.9410 (16.00); 0.9310 (4.89); 0.9179 (2.84); 0.9133(3.18); 0.9000 (1.23); 0.8779 (9.55); 0.8695 (9.75); 0.8505 (9.12);0.8424 (9.00); 0.7952 (0.64); 0.0729 (0.82); −0.0006 (0.94); Example 9,Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.8613 (0.33); 11.8213 (0.37);11.7868 (0.35); 7.6452 (1.15); 7.6406 (2.31); 7.6365 (1.51); 7.6144(1.54); 7.6091 (3.02); 7.6041 (1.95); 7.4277 (0.44); 7.4227 (0.56);7.4179 (0.65); 7.4130 (0.69); 7.3977 (1.31); 7.3925 (1.55); 7.3884(1.81); 7.3832 (1.77); 7.3683 (1.34); 7.3624 (1.30); 7.3587 (1.73);7.3531 (1.56); 7.3387 (1.07); 7.3305 (2.41); 7.3226 (1.78); 7.3075(1.29); 7.2996 (2.68); 7.2915 (1.75); 7.2833 (0.60); 7.2768 (0.78);7.2689 (1.35); 7.2615 (0.84); 7.2300 (1.53); 7.2226 (1.49); 7.2046(1.85); 7.1968 (2.22); 7.1896 (2.03); 7.1779 (0.33); 7.1669 (1.27);7.1596 (1.25); 5.9080 (0.34); 3.0125 (0.47); 2.9916 (0.56); 2.9861(0.68); 2.9811 (0.60); 2.9710 (0.64); 2.9656 (0.69); 2.9604 (0.69);2.9513 (0.79); 2.9442 (0.82); 2.9341 (0.55); 2.9236 (0.82); 2.9169(0.58); 2.8960 (0.49); 2.7282 (0.65); 2.7169 (1.40); 2.6984 (2.05);2.6873 (4.27); 2.6687 (2.27); 2.6576 (4.48); 2.6392 (0.84); 2.6282(1.52); 2.4929 (0.34); 2.4627 (0.37); 2.3001 (1.44); 2.2795 (0.50);1.8076 (0.40); 1.7867 (0.47); 1.7801 (0.61); 1.7594 (0.62); 1.7528(0.61); 1.7322 (0.51); 1.7255 (0.36); 1.6297 (0.53); 1.6086 (0.59);1.6025 (0.74); 1.5816 (0.72); 1.5752 (0.64); 1.5543 (0.56); 1.2627(0.36); 1.2362 (0.42); 1.2210 (0.55); 1.2143 (0.45); 1.2060 (0.35);1.1905 (1.27); 1.1773 (7.92); 1.1507 (7.51); 1.1287 (7.93); 1.0992(16.00); 1.0817 (0.80); 1.0698 (7.50); 1.0432 (0.51); 1.0354 (0.34);1.0032 (6.40); 0.9767 (6.26); 0.9567 (0.48); 0.9133 (9.34); 0.8860(9.19); 0.8242 (7.29); 0.8115 (7.43); 0.7967 (7.08); 0.7843 (6.79);0.7392 (0.38); 0.7261 (0.36); −0.0006 (3.42); −0.0743 (0.88); Example10, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 12.4557 (1.03); 12.4318(1.04); 7.7342 (2.26); 7.7299 (2.31); 7.7192 (3.27); 7.7158 (3.68);7.7090 (1.71); 7.7028 (3.33); 7.6978 (3.13); 7.6888 (3.22); 7.6841(3.25); 7.6295 (16.00); 7.6199 (12.99); 7.5406 (0.59); 7.5258 (1.33);7.5212 (1.99); 7.5170 (1.38); 7.5042 (0.62); 7.4957 (3.20); 7.4915(5.53); 7.4869 (3.52); 7.4661 (3.25); 7.4618 (4.61); 7.4573 (2.94);7.4484 (0.88); 7.4437 (0.72); 7.4316 (2.59); 7.4246 (3.92); 7.4189(3.36); 7.4006 (2.68); 7.3936 (4.11); 7.3878 (3.62); 7.3700 (1.49);7.3639 (1.94); 7.3530 (3.66); 7.3455 (3.12); 7.3363 (3.48); 7.3288(3.29); 7.3235 (2.60); 7.3160 (2.27); 7.3066 (2.33); 7.2993 (2.18);7.2706 (6.48); 6.6248 (0.75); 6.6182 (0.74); 6.6107 (0.75); 6.6035(0.71); 6.5343 (5.97); 6.5285 (4.23); 6.5243 (4.71); 6.5190 (4.25);6.5130 (5.91); 2.8029 (0.75); 2.7862 (0.87); 2.7766 (1.17); 2.7721(1.07); 2.7598 (1.32); 2.7549 (1.28); 2.7504 (1.37); 2.7460 (1.34);2.7320 (1.42); 2.7242 (1.20); 2.7197 (1.25); 2.7062 (1.00); 2.6930(0.85); 2.6803 (0.34); 2.0452 (0.97); 1.4620 (0.36); 1.4356 (0.35);1.3733 (12.94); 1.3469 (12.70); 1.3094 (0.45); 1.2838 (0.83); 1.2652(1.54); 1.2580 (1.91); 1.2399 (0.55); 1.2298 (0.41); 1.1772 (12.25);1.1509 (12.19); 1.1175 (0.42); 1.0974 (0.65); 1.0860 (0.95); 1.0777(0.52); 1.0649 (1.52); 1.0533 (0.94); 1.0454 (0.92); 1.0329 (1.55);1.0214 (0.46); 1.0128 (0.95); 1.0011 (0.75); 0.9888 (0.62); 0.9774(0.81); 0.9688 (0.47); 0.9566 (1.53); 0.9440 (0.92); 0.9370 (0.83);0.9241 (1.67); 0.9121 (0.62); 0.9036 (1.11); 0.8922 (1.01); 0.8803(1.19); 0.8720 (0.59); 0.8527 (0.45); 0.6174 (1.05); 0.6044 (1.28);0.5982 (2.57); 0.5923 (3.09); 0.5751 (1.62); 0.5717 (1.51); 0.5639(2.61); 0.5611 (2.84); 0.5424 (2.23); 0.5372 (2.31); 0.5332 (3.33);0.5278 (3.61); 0.5200 (1.51); 0.5088 (1.49); 0.4970 (3.79); 0.4878(1.36); 0.4747 (1.10); 0.4572 (1.08); 0.4431 (1.25); 0.4221 (1.92);0.4021 (1.49); 0.2313 (1.23); 0.2263 (1.21); 0.2116 (1.26); 0.2066(1.39); 0.1891 (1.07); 0.1745 (0.89); 0.1691 (0.66); 0.1552 (0.46);0.1443 (0.48); 0.1292 (0.55); 0.1244 (0.57); 0.1114 (0.58); 0.0997(0.92); 0.0910 (2.18); 0.0717 (2.41); 0.0603 (2.01); 0.0498 (1.01);0.0394 (1.92); 0.0304 (0.92); 0.0222 (0.51); 0.0186 (0.48); 0.0127(0.38); −0.0006 (4.30); −0.0148 (0.50); Example 11, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.8785 (1.59); 11.8448 (1.59); 7.6402 (3.12);7.6355 (3.19); 7.6254 (3.19); 7.6209 (3.25); 7.6089 (4.31); 7.6038(4.21); 7.5939 (4.09); 7.5891 (4.05); 7.4299 (1.46); 7.4248 (2.64);7.4197 (1.66); 7.4108 (0.47); 7.4001 (3.94); 7.3949 (7.28); 7.3896(4.47); 7.3703 (3.92); 7.3652 (6.85); 7.3599 (3.60); 7.3381 (3.16);7.3333 (3.61); 7.3301 (4.38); 7.3261 (4.20); 7.3171 (0.80); 7.3066(3.69); 7.2994 (5.08); 7.2953 (4.44); 7.2762 (1.81); 7.2715 (1.93);7.2691 (1.90); 7.2647 (1.72); 7.2435 (4.40); 7.2375 (5.01); 7.2243(4.44); 7.2161 (5.40); 7.2066 (2.90); 7.1949 (2.79); 7.1874 (2.77);3.7517 (0.82); 3.7178 (3.37); 3.6839 (5.30); 3.6500 (3.73); 3.6161(1.05); 3.1832 (0.58); 3.1517 (2.23); 3.1168 (3.53); 3.0837 (2.71);3.0816 (2.49); 3.0504 (0.82); 3.0480 (0.88); 2.6696 (0.34); 2.6603(0.96); 2.6437 (1.16); 2.6339 (1.50); 2.6288 (1.37); 2.6175 (1.74);2.6082 (1.83); 2.6026 (1.71); 2.5939 (1.54); 2.5874 (1.86); 2.5763(1.60); 2.5626 (1.30); 2.5497 (1.12); 2.5367 (0.45); 2.5234 (0.38);2.4060 (0.46); 2.3887 (0.41); 2.3695 (1.22); 2.3582 (1.53); 2.3521(1.34); 2.3452 (2.04); 2.3397 (2.19); 2.3226 (3.21); 2.3103 (4.20);2.3065 (4.59); 2.3010 (5.34); 2.2951 (4.32); 2.2882 (3.96); 2.2749(5.17); 2.2697 (6.59); 2.2626 (7.25); 2.2592 (5.30); 2.2343 (7.72);2.2310 (7.69); 2.2189 (6.28); 2.2130 (5.78); 2.2012 (8.84); 2.1956(7.44); 2.1915 (6.02); 2.1846 (7.33); 2.1775 (5.57); 2.1708 (5.81);2.1671 (6.28); 2.1611 (4.43); 2.1561 (3.86); 2.1496 (4.46); 2.1404(3.00); 2.1335 (2.45); 2.1251 (1.93); 2.1205 (1.80); 2.1071 (1.12);2.1024 (1.16); 2.1000 (1.12); 2.0924 (0.53); 2.0292 (1.14); 2.0242(1.00); 1.9930 (2.92); 1.9805 (1.79); 1.9565 (3.35); 1.9498 (4.92);1.9256 (2.52); 1.9135 (6.58); 1.8903 (2.38); 1.8811 (4.61); 1.8749(3.54); 1.8717 (2.82); 1.8639 (1.73); 1.8463 (3.39); 1.8277 (2.49);1.8098 (3.04); 1.7923 (2.14); 1.7707 (1.99); 1.7544 (1.04); 1.7504(1.09); 1.7305 (0.69); 1.7148 (0.41); 1.2927 (15.68); 1.2663 (15.28);1.2297 (0.83); 1.2100 (2.78); 1.2017 (2.27); 1.1729 (0.63); 1.0963(16.00); 1.0701 (15.70); 1.0337 (0.54); 1.0240 (0.35); 1.0136 (0.86);1.0012 (1.18); 0.9942 (0.74); 0.9813 (1.95); 0.9689 (1.21); 0.9614(1.25); 0.9488 (2.07); 0.9368 (0.66); 0.9287 (1.40); 0.9168 (1.00);0.9071 (0.81); 0.8958 (1.22); 0.8873 (0.62); 0.8747 (1.90); 0.8620(1.18); 0.8536 (1.35); 0.8422 (2.51); 0.8236 (3.29); 0.8101 (1.24);0.7960 (0.97); 0.7905 (0.74); 0.5805 (0.37); 0.5449 (1.30); 0.5314(1.82); 0.5254 (3.52); 0.5200 (4.12); 0.5128 (2.06); 0.5021 (2.12);0.4991 (1.99); 0.4888 (3.75); 0.4704 (2.22); 0.4581 (4.02); 0.4532(4.49); 0.4395 (2.37); 0.4228 (4.67); 0.4085 (1.58); 0.4005 (0.79);0.3823 (1.10); 0.3688 (1.44); 0.3639 (1.31); 0.3500 (1.32); 0.3303(2.41); 0.3102 (1.74); 0.3081 (1.77); 0.1602 (0.32); 0.1394 (1.58);0.1343 (1.62); 0.1197 (1.63); 0.1148 (1.90); 0.0971 (1.41); 0.0822(1.22); 0.0776 (0.93); 0.0627 (0.61); 0.0536 (0.60); 0.0371 (0.79);0.0199 (1.17); −0.0006 (2.46); −0.0202 (2.30); −0.0273 (0.74); −0.0445(2.17); −0.0556 (2.39); −0.0650 (2.16); −0.0834 (0.67); −0.0864 (0.68);−0.1023 (0.76); −0.1068 (0.68); −0.1206 (0.47); Example 12, Solvent:CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9232 (0.32); 11.8858 (0.36); 11.8473(0.33); 8.4037 (0.34); 7.6448 (1.04); 7.6401 (2.14); 7.6357 (1.38);7.6138 (1.41); 7.6086 (2.85); 7.6036 (1.77); 7.4281 (0.42); 7.4228(0.53); 7.4185 (0.62); 7.4134 (0.69); 7.3982 (1.31); 7.3929 (1.50);7.3888 (1.73); 7.3833 (1.73); 7.3687 (1.30); 7.3627 (1.23); 7.3590(1.71); 7.3535 (1.47); 7.3389 (0.97); 7.3309 (2.46); 7.3230 (1.74);7.3078 (1.14); 7.2999 (2.61); 7.2918 (1.76); 7.2855 (0.51); 7.2772(0.70); 7.2694 (1.23); 7.2616 (0.82); 7.2314 (1.52); 7.2238 (1.45);7.2154 (1.59); 7.1966 (2.19); 7.1898 (1.97); 7.1787 (0.33); 7.1673(1.32); 7.1601 (1.24); 7.0986 (0.40); 7.0743 (0.38); 3.0100 (0.42);2.9893 (0.49); 2.9833 (0.60); 2.9767 (0.56); 2.9689 (0.55); 2.9631(0.61); 2.9566 (0.60); 2.9491 (0.77); 2.9423 (0.67); 2.9300 (0.46);2.9216 (0.66); 2.9129 (0.49); 2.8916 (0.50); 2.8849 (2.63); 2.8109(1.95); 2.8095 (1.99); 2.6755 (1.20); 2.6613 (2.97); 2.6456 (2.50);2.6310 (4.15); 2.6143 (1.48); 2.6009 (3.19); 2.5841 (0.33); 2.5678(0.35); 2.5536 (0.40); 2.5387 (0.34); 2.5218 (0.37); 2.4460 (0.40);2.4092 (4.10); 2.3801 (7.54); 2.3595 (0.87); 2.3501 (4.87); 2.3291(0.55); 2.2975 (2.46); 2.2778 (0.72); 2.2685 (1.68); 2.2589 (0.43);2.2379 (1.15); 1.9687 (0.40); 1.8034 (0.37); 1.7823 (0.44); 1.7761(0.56); 1.7553 (0.59); 1.7489 (0.56); 1.7278 (0.52); 1.7215 (0.43);1.6933 (0.42); 1.6591 (1.28); 1.6306 (3.31); 1.6209 (1.31); 1.6041(4.77); 1.6020 (4.73); 1.5828 (2.43); 1.5759 (4.80); 1.5724 (4.83);1.5594 (2.03); 1.5558 (2.13); 1.5436 (3.43); 1.5272 (1.20); 1.5214(1.21); 1.5145 (1.97); 1.4926 (0.78); 1.4825 (0.64); 1.4541 (0.54);1.4242 (0.53); 1.3935 (1.05); 1.3873 (1.15); 1.3640 (2.45); 1.3585(2.82); 1.3303 (4.48); 1.3022 (4.29); 1.2976 (4.19); 1.2848 (1.94);1.2738 (2.77); 1.2687 (2.94); 1.2570 (1.29); 1.2457 (1.35); 1.2395(1.56); 1.2283 (0.85); 1.2148 (0.87); 1.2109 (0.90); 1.1866 (1.74);1.1810 (1.94); 1.1736 (7.78); 1.1470 (7.19); 1.1153 (0.37); 1.0961(0.34); 1.0820 (0.35); 1.0051 (5.83); 0.9785 (5.85); 0.9555 (0.49);0.9465 (0.56); 0.9386 (0.42); 0.9081 (8.08); 0.8933 (7.31); 0.8830(13.94); 0.8645 (12.56); 0.8552 (16.00); 0.8497 (7.03); 0.8351 (6.30);0.8223 (10.71); 0.8092 (8.19); 0.7944 (7.52); 0.7821 (6.97); 0.7645(0.92); 0.7310 (0.50); 0.7259 (0.58); −0.0006 (5.89); −0.0758 (1.14);Example 13, Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 499.93 MHz 11.9087 (0.58);7.6792 (1.67); 7.6771 (1.79); 7.6721 (1.87); 7.6631 (2.68); 7.6611(2.81); 7.6563 (2.75); 7.6196 (1.30); 7.6183 (1.30); 7.6145 (1.51);7.6127 (1.48); 7.6096 (1.32); 7.6023 (3.07); 7.6004 (2.35); 7.5933(1.04); 7.5868 (1.83); 7.5841 (1.45); 7.5775 (0.36); 7.5655 (1.99);7.5632 (1.93); 7.5574 (5.86); 7.5503 (4.87); 7.5356 (1.26); 7.5333(1.16); 7.4714 (2.30); 7.4682 (2.11); 7.4563 (1.73); 7.4531 (1.55);3.0681 (3.49); 3.0433 (0.73); 3.0326 (0.76); 3.0302 (0.77); 3.0229(0.75); 3.0199 (0.79); 3.0128 (0.75); 3.0102 (0.73); 2.9997 (0.63);2.9904 (0.60); 2.9861 (0.41); 2.9775 (0.74); 2.9710 (0.65); 2.9666(0.70); 2.9604 (0.70); 2.9474 (0.51); 2.6195 (0.40); 2.6097 (1.64);2.6034 (2.94); 2.5950 (4.52); 2.5888 (5.95); 2.5803 (4.48); 2.5744(3.25); 2.5659 (1.61); 2.5580 (0.45); 2.5495 (0.42); 2.5180 (2.41);2.5145 (4.47); 2.5108 (5.92); 2.5073 (4.69); 2.5037 (2.23); 2.4932(1.31); 2.4789 (0.69); 2.2081 (0.45); 2.1937 (0.90); 2.1792 (0.48);1.8052 (0.63); 1.7942 (0.81); 1.7916 (0.92); 1.7808 (0.99); 1.7671(0.85); 1.7521 (0.86); 1.7412 (0.94); 1.7383 (1.06); 1.7277 (1.09);1.7248 (0.90); 1.7142 (0.78); 1.7006 (0.35); 1.6896 (0.57); 1.6753(2.47); 1.6607 (4.95); 1.6460 (5.10); 1.6312 (2.81); 1.6133 (0.91);1.5981 (0.47); 1.5787 (0.36); 1.5640 (0.57); 1.5493 (0.57); 1.5346(0.34); 1.1611 (9.47); 1.1478 (9.42); 1.0982 (8.81); 1.0849 (8.74);0.9666 (7.75); 0.9519 (15.02); 0.9370 (7.58); 0.9180 (9.50); 0.9043(8.80); 0.8964 (8.48); 0.8828 (7.93); 0.8616 (9.04); 0.8484 (16.00);0.8353 (8.67); 0.8151 (0.45); 0.8019 (0.36); Example 14, Solvent: DMSO,Spectrometer: 499.93 MHz 11.9667 (0.61); 11.9474 (0.65); 11.9261 (0.69);11.9058 (0.67); 7.7007 (1.44); 7.6986 (1.59); 7.6951 (1.57); 7.6846(2.12); 7.6826 (2.41); 7.6793 (1.93); 7.6762 (1.58); 7.6168 (2.45);7.6128 (1.21); 7.6037 (3.65); 7.6009 (4.40); 7.5892 (1.96); 7.5851(1.41); 7.5673 (1.13); 7.5641 (1.88); 7.5613 (1.54); 7.5521 (2.16);7.5499 (2.74); 7.5469 (1.83); 7.5373 (1.17); 7.5347 (1.29); 7.5317(0.65); 7.5014 (1.90); 7.4981 (1.82); 7.4863 (1.32); 7.4829 (1.12);3.3437 (7.31); 3.0037 (0.43); 2.9933 (0.55); 2.9905 (0.56); 2.9830(0.56); 2.9804 (0.59); 2.9730 (0.54); 2.9701 (0.53); 2.9598 (0.45);2.9385 (0.40); 2.9276 (0.51); 2.9255 (0.51); 2.9190 (0.48); 2.9147(0.52); 2.9084 (0.51); 2.9061 (0.49); 2.8952 (0.41); 2.6303 (0.33);2.6139 (1.11); 2.6044 (1.51); 2.5993 (3.60); 2.5896 (3.00); 2.5844(3.64); 2.5750 (1.52); 2.5708 (2.17); 2.5584 (0.39); 2.5168 (0.43);2.5133 (0.89); 2.5097 (1.22); 2.5061 (0.89); 2.5026 (0.43); 1.7744(0.46); 1.7608 (0.67); 1.7500 (0.70); 1.7365 (0.58); 1.7250 (0.59);1.7145 (0.60); 1.7115 (0.74); 1.7012 (0.73); 1.6981 (0.61); 1.6876(0.53); 1.6003 (0.74); 1.5859 (2.48); 1.5710 (3.60); 1.5558 (2.86);1.5407 (0.94); 1.3621 (0.45); 1.3468 (1.81); 1.3318 (3.23); 1.3171(3.20); 1.3025 (1.81); 1.2881 (0.49); 1.1445 (6.53); 1.1312 (6.48);1.0843 (6.07); 1.0711 (6.11); 0.9060 (5.66); 0.9046 (5.48); 0.8915(16.00); 0.8773 (9.25); 0.8568 (6.00); 0.8432 (5.82); 0.8307 (6.44);0.8169 (6.38); 0.8086 (6.52); 0.7950 (6.19); 0.7788 (0.32); Example 15,Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9432 (0.67); 11.9114 (0.67);7.7050 (1.37); 7.7004 (1.40); 7.6900 (1.54); 7.6853 (1.58); 7.6737(1.89); 7.6686 (1.88); 7.6586 (1.97); 7.6537 (1.99); 7.4936 (0.69);7.4887 (1.29); 7.4837 (0.79); 7.4638 (1.94); 7.4589 (3.49); 7.4539(1.98); 7.4340 (1.86); 7.4291 (3.08); 7.4239 (1.70); 7.4013 (1.33);7.3965 (1.76); 7.3936 (2.07); 7.3892 (1.95); 7.3700 (1.63); 7.3632(2.42); 7.3581 (2.17); 7.3397 (0.84); 7.3345 (1.04); 7.3274 (0.80);7.3023 (2.13); 7.2950 (1.92); 7.2827 (1.98); 7.2750 (4.93); 7.2655(1.52); 7.2528 (1.34); 7.2457 (1.27); 2.7482 (1.52); 2.7410 (3.61);2.7190 (3.36); 2.7114 (5.91); 2.6988 (0.91); 2.6945 (0.98); 2.6808(4.28); 2.6718 (1.04); 2.6587 (0.95); 2.6533 (0.93); 2.6458 (0.85);2.6392 (0.90); 2.6327 (0.79); 2.6269 (0.84); 2.6192 (0.59); 2.6137(0.71); 2.6005 (0.55); 2.3789 (1.07); 2.3499 (1.97); 2.3193 (1.25);1.7329 (0.98); 1.7041 (2.72); 1.6947 (1.11); 1.6742 (3.62); 1.6561(1.26); 1.6459 (2.78); 1.6423 (2.88); 1.6341 (1.25); 1.6273 (1.14);1.6126 (1.68); 1.5977 (0.66); 1.5937 (0.78); 1.5860 (0.33); 1.5650(0.45); 1.4731 (0.78); 1.4437 (2.20); 1.4134 (3.18); 1.3831 (3.51);1.3544 (2.58); 1.3398 (8.19); 1.3297 (1.39); 1.3262 (1.46); 1.3134(7.85); 1.1447 (7.39); 1.1184 (7.18); 1.0521 (0.50); 1.0357 (0.58);1.0195 (0.90); 1.0070 (0.68); 0.9998 (0.58); 0.9870 (1.04); 0.9721(8.17); 0.9536 (2.76); 0.9431 (16.00); 0.9244 (4.55); 0.9140 (7.07);0.8952 (2.07); 0.8812 (1.33); 0.8693 (0.43); 0.8608 (0.72); 0.8497(0.86); 0.8293 (0.47); 0.5949 (0.60); 0.5814 (0.80); 0.5757 (1.56);0.5699 (1.88); 0.5523 (0.89); 0.5489 (0.85); 0.5415 (1.66); 0.5389(1.67); 0.5224 (0.88); 0.5202 (0.97); 0.5136 (1.23); 0.5092 (1.97);0.5041 (2.15); 0.4905 (1.16); 0.4844 (0.65); 0.4737 (2.30); 0.4594(0.75); 0.4510 (0.38); 0.4327 (0.47); 0.4195 (0.66); 0.4140 (0.59);0.4003 (0.56); 0.3803 (1.12); 0.3586 (0.80); 0.1887 (0.72); 0.1838(0.73); 0.1692 (0.74); 0.1642 (0.88); 0.1465 (0.63); 0.1316 (0.53);0.1267 (0.40); 0.0863 (0.39); 0.0715 (1.45); 0.0480 (1.21); 0.0285(1.13); 0.0212 (0.35); 0.0041 (1.11); −0.0006 (2.38); −0.0161 (1.06);−0.0376 (0.32); −0.0536 (0.36); −0.0580 (0.33); Example 16, Solvent:CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.7849 (0.58); 11.7507 (0.69); 11.7124(0.81); 11.6760 (0.75); 7.4853 (4.59); 7.4808 (3.18); 7.4590 (2.92);7.4539 (6.01); 7.4489 (3.97); 7.3631 (0.33); 7.2724 (0.85); 7.2672(1.06); 7.2629 (1.26); 7.2578 (1.37); 7.2428 (2.53); 7.2375 (2.86);7.2330 (3.82); 7.2279 (3.76); 7.2133 (2.41); 7.2072 (2.54); 7.2036(3.52); 7.1978 (2.93); 7.1833 (1.93); 7.1752 (4.39); 7.1670 (3.35);7.1523 (2.21); 7.1442 (5.09); 7.1363 (3.85); 7.1216 (1.25); 7.1135(2.23); 7.1059 (1.44); 7.0789 (2.78); 7.0715 (2.62); 7.0474 (7.33);7.0391 (4.18); 7.0164 (2.69); 7.0090 (2.56); 2.8606 (0.97); 2.8392(1.15); 2.8340 (1.37); 2.8273 (1.14); 2.8192 (1.27); 2.8132 (1.40);2.8072 (1.32); 2.7992 (1.67); 2.7928 (1.58); 2.7805 (1.02); 2.7715(1.52); 2.7544 (0.43); 2.7425 (0.88); 2.4181 (9.99); 2.4102 (5.15);2.3907 (10.71); 2.3832 (5.40); 2.3276 (0.37); 2.3155 (0.34); 2.3002(0.35); 2.2194 (0.36); 2.1909 (0.34); 2.1482 (1.25); 2.1314 (1.02);1.6567 (0.66); 1.6353 (0.76); 1.6295 (0.99); 1.6082 (0.99); 1.6024(0.86); 1.5810 (0.75); 1.5538 (0.35); 1.5081 (0.37); 1.4804 (1.17);1.4700 (2.12); 1.4596 (1.39); 1.4536 (1.54); 1.4321 (1.44); 1.4266(1.26); 1.4050 (1.08); 1.3780 (0.50); 1.1185 (0.42); 1.0919 (0.41);1.0287 (16.00); 1.0021 (15.22); 0.9680 (0.68); 0.9565 (0.78); 0.9487(0.86); 0.9382 (1.87); 0.9281 (1.37); 0.9224 (1.54); 0.9093 (2.56);0.8955 (1.25); 0.8891 (1.36); 0.8783 (1.59); 0.8593 (12.07); 0.8327(11.30); 0.7612 (13.16); 0.7590 (13.44); 0.7317 (13.10); 0.6728 (15.25);0.6621 (15.71); 0.6455 (14.98); 0.6350 (14.69); 0.5824 (0.76); 0.5717(0.73); 0.5551 (0.66); 0.5445 (0.63); 0.4147 (0.39); 0.4086 (0.40);0.3835 (1.68); 0.3645 (4.93); 0.3600 (6.52); 0.3431 (2.94); 0.3327(5.41); 0.3277 (6.12); 0.3107 (2.40); 0.2827 (0.44); 0.2687 (0.44);0.2511 (0.35); 0.2376 (0.35); 0.0385 (0.32); 0.0193 (2.14); −0.0006(6.41); −0.0179 (6.26); −0.0209 (6.34); −0.0399 (1.95); −0.0573 (0.37);−0.0659 (0.38); −0.0900 (0.35); −0.1579 (0.44); −0.2308 (2.00); Example17, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9566 (0.48); 11.9192(0.44); 7.7160 (2.77); 7.7115 (1.89); 7.6845 (3.57); 7.6797 (2.34);7.5015 (0.49); 7.4962 (0.60); 7.4922 (0.78); 7.4872 (0.79); 7.4719(1.48); 7.4665 (1.73); 7.4623 (2.21); 7.4572 (2.12); 7.4425 (1.42);7.4329 (2.01); 7.4274 (1.66); 7.4131 (1.10); 7.4049 (2.60); 7.3968(1.82); 7.3821 (1.33); 7.3740 (2.98); 7.3659 (2.02); 7.3513 (0.75);7.3433 (1.19); 7.3355 (0.72); 7.3043 (1.63); 7.2968 (1.52); 7.2702(5.45); 7.2638 (2.43); 7.2410 (1.54); 7.2335 (1.50); 3.0824 (0.59);3.0614 (0.70); 3.0558 (0.85); 3.0497 (0.69); 3.0408 (0.78); 3.0354(0.85); 3.0293 (0.82); 3.0214 (1.02); 3.0144 (0.96); 3.0028 (0.62);2.9934 (0.95); 2.9652 (0.55); 2.7661 (0.42); 2.7330 (1.52); 2.7165(3.37); 2.7029 (3.22); 2.6865 (5.42); 2.6725 (1.93); 2.6570 (4.05);2.6224 (0.42); 2.3547 (0.53); 1.8789 (0.44); 1.8514 (0.72); 1.8303(0.66); 1.8237 (0.71); 1.8029 (0.54); 1.7946 (0.95); 1.7648 (2.87);1.7352 (5.51); 1.7054 (5.80); 1.6759 (3.70); 1.6549 (1.17); 1.6462(2.89); 1.6287 (0.79); 1.6015 (0.34); 1.3369 (0.34); 1.3103 (0.35);1.2494 (9.25); 1.2228 (8.99); 1.1667 (0.44); 1.1623 (0.45); 1.1402(0.39); 1.1355 (0.44); 1.1082 (0.35); 1.0795 (7.33); 1.0530 (6.81);1.0208 (7.71); 0.9911 (16.00); 0.9853 (11.35); 0.9583 (11.64); 0.9343(0.64); 0.8967 (9.30); 0.8841 (9.28); 0.8693 (9.09); 0.8571 (8.54);0.8099 (0.51); 0.7967 (0.44); 0.7820 (0.39); 0.7696 (0.38); 0.0707(0.97); −0.0006 (2.13); Example 18, Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13MHz 11.7068 (1.11); 11.6832 (1.16); 11.6558 (1.23); 11.6307 (1.14);7.7289 (2.99); 7.7255 (4.02); 7.7091 (4.78); 7.7055 (5.57); 7.6999(3.34); 7.6491 (2.63); 7.6444 (3.95); 7.6384 (2.59); 7.6339 (2.31);7.6299 (6.79); 7.6250 (6.62); 7.6200 (3.80); 7.6119 (4.42); 7.6064(2.98); 7.5949 (2.53); 7.5899 (3.78); 7.5863 (3.37); 7.5760 (4.25);7.5728 (5.47); 7.5690 (3.12); 7.5574 (2.17); 7.5542 (2.27); 7.5497(1.09); 7.5212 (4.09); 7.5169 (3.64); 7.5025 (2.54); 7.4980 (2.08);4.8918 (0.56); 4.7567 (0.38); 4.7415 (0.49); 4.6466 (0.42); 4.6365(0.35); 4.6093 (2.80); 4.5907 (0.99); 4.5734 (11.98); 4.5574 (15.12);4.5553 (14.92); 4.5515 (12.90); 4.5218 (2.45); 4.5159 (0.97); 4.2785(6.10); 3.0652 (0.95); 3.0521 (1.18); 3.0488 (1.15); 3.0396 (1.17);3.0358 (1.21); 3.0266 (1.14); 3.0233 (1.13); 3.0102 (1.03); 2.9987(0.95); 2.9848 (1.09); 2.9824 (1.07); 2.9743 (0.99); 2.9686 (1.02);2.9606 (1.05); 2.9582 (1.01); 2.9442 (0.83); 2.5286 (1.58); 2.5153(16.13); 2.5108 (32.90); 2.5063 (44.42); 2.5018 (31.50); 2.4974 (14.22);1.9931 (0.98); 1.8367 (0.36); 1.8195 (0.95); 1.8026 (1.42); 1.7885(1.72); 1.7712 (1.87); 1.7538 (1.76); 1.7403 (1.52); 1.7368 (1.26);1.7234 (1.05); 1.7066 (0.40); 1.2823 (0.58); 1.2503 (2.58); 1.2063(0.43); 1.1964 (0.75); 1.1785 (14.80); 1.1619 (14.05); 1.1175 (12.59);1.1009 (12.32); 0.9070 (12.18); 0.8899 (11.89); 0.8784 (2.44); 0.8680(13.24); 0.8619 (6.02); 0.8510 (13.70); 0.8446 (16.00); 0.8275 (13.93);0.8196 (14.11); 0.8027 (12.80); Example 19, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 7.7270 (1.14); 7.6988 (0.80); 7.6954 (1.48);7.6918 (0.95); 7.4879 (0.68); 7.4827 (0.73); 7.4770 (0.85); 7.4718(0.87); 7.4584 (0.64); 7.4526 (0.65); 7.4476 (0.83); 7.4418 (0.67);7.4324 (0.54); 7.4242 (1.12); 7.4158 (0.80); 7.4012 (0.57); 7.3932(1.22); 7.3850 (0.83); 7.3625 (0.51); 7.3073 (0.73); 7.2998 (0.74);7.2942 (0.97); 7.2777 (0.52); 7.2686 (1.10); 7.2604 (0.85); 7.2382(0.57); 7.2308 (0.59); 4.4197 (6.34); 4.4112 (2.56); 4.1633 (1.15);4.1346 (3.59); 4.1061 (3.63); 4.0775 (1.23); 3.5027 (11.29); 3.5007(11.01); 3.0902 (0.34); 3.0759 (0.44); 3.0679 (0.38); 3.0485 (0.38);2.1371 (0.39); 2.0445 (16.00); 2.0057 (1.71); 1.9526 (0.41); 1.3512(0.35); 1.2875 (4.84); 1.2586 (11.99); 1.2304 (8.03); 1.1668 (0.34);1.0877 (3.28); 1.0611 (3.22); 0.9960 (6.07); 0.9686 (5.81); 0.9119(3.59); 0.8941 (3.93); 0.8844 (4.06); 0.8814 (3.38); 0.8670 (3.44);0.8529 (0.86); −0.0006 (0.54); Example 20, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer:250.13 MHz 11.8776 (0.69); 11.8495 (0.71); 7.6429 (1.23); 7.6385 (1.28);7.6279 (1.92); 7.6233 (2.01); 7.6115 (1.72); 7.6066 (1.76); 7.5965(2.46); 7.5917 (2.57); 7.4337 (0.76); 7.4286 (1.31); 7.4232 (0.75);7.4038 (2.47); 7.3987 (3.99); 7.3935 (1.97); 7.3742 (2.26); 7.3689(3.31); 7.3634 (1.64); 7.3377 (1.34); 7.3334 (1.95); 7.3302 (2.04);7.3259 (2.40); 7.3018 (2.33); 7.2999 (2.32); 7.2948 (2.90); 7.2873(0.68); 7.2761 (1.01); 7.2714 (1.26); 7.2641 (1.22); 7.2559 (2.77);7.2486 (2.39); 7.2335 (1.90); 7.2261 (3.40); 7.2192 (1.88); 7.2043(5.22); 7.1967 (1.36); 2.6318 (0.58); 2.6184 (0.62); 2.6057 (0.79);2.6002 (0.80); 2.5922 (1.12); 2.5870 (0.90); 2.5741 (0.86); 2.5656(0.96); 2.5606 (1.22); 2.5504 (0.67); 2.5344 (0.82); 2.5245 (0.50);2.4305 (0.46); 2.4273 (0.40); 2.4120 (1.01); 2.4085 (0.85); 2.3991(1.13); 2.3948 (1.15); 2.3811 (2.25); 2.3776 (1.76); 2.3676 (0.81);2.3627 (1.44); 2.3589 (1.01); 2.3495 (1.22); 2.3460 (0.96); 2.3315(2.63); 1.6755 (1.90); 1.6569 (4.14); 1.6436 (4.05); 1.6370 (2.76);1.6258 (8.70); 1.6118 (3.08); 1.6067 (4.41); 1.5936 (5.21); 1.5754(2.89); 1.2565 (10.58); 1.2301 (10.19); 1.2009 (0.42); 1.1887 (0.61);1.1827 (0.54); 1.1701 (0.51); 1.1300 (2.85); 1.1193 (4.14); 1.1099(10.16); 1.0980 (16.00); 1.0915 (9.97); 1.0791 (12.98); 1.0670 (6.12);1.0637 (6.24); 1.0560 (8.92); 1.0370 (3.95); 1.0300 (9.39); 1.0224(5.42); 1.0085 (2.97); 0.9981 (4.94); 0.9961 (4.93); 0.9831 (13.72);0.9711 (9.08); 0.9646 (6.50); 0.9621 (5.62); 0.9514 (13.40); 0.9392(8.81); 0.9323 (4.87); 0.9191 (3.11); 0.9072 (1.23); 0.8978 (4.94);0.8949 (4.72); 0.8803 (3.89); 0.8663 (4.38); 0.8490 (3.80); 0.8178(1.50); 0.8052 (0.97); 0.7983 (0.86); 0.7853 (1.50); 0.7734 (0.66);0.7647 (0.88); 0.7532 (0.79); 0.7329 (0.39); 0.5133 (0.60); 0.5001(0.76); 0.4939 (1.49); 0.4881 (1.66); 0.4809 (0.95); 0.4696 (0.88);0.4676 (0.89); 0.4594 (1.54); 0.4574 (1.53); 0.4466 (0.54); 0.4401(1.12); 0.4252 (2.53); 0.4202 (2.68); 0.4061 (1.56); 0.3901 (2.82);0.3742 (0.88); 0.3667 (0.50); 0.3547 (0.45); 0.3413 (0.47); 0.3352(0.86); 0.3227 (0.55); 0.3029 (1.00); 0.2832 (0.70); 0.2804 (0.71);0.1095 (0.65); 0.1040 (0.68); 0.0900 (0.83); 0.0846 (0.78); 0.0670(0.58); 0.0522 (0.49); 0.0470 (0.38); 0.0213 (0.38); 0.0134 (0.49);−0.0006 (8.70); −0.0113 (0.75); −0.0150 (0.74); −0.0331 (1.50); −0.0528(1.42); −0.0651 (0.36); −0.0726 (3.00); −0.0816 (1.37); −0.0857 (1.18);−0.0893 (1.14); −0.1021 (1.30); −0.1064 (1.05); −0.1238 (0.44); −0.1396(0.50); −0.1441 (0.45); Example 22, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13MHz 11.9212 (0.54); 11.8857 (0.49); 7.7126 (1.72); 7.7082 (3.32); 7.7040(2.23); 7.6819 (2.25); 7.6769 (4.39); 7.6719 (2.80); 7.4929 (0.65);7.4878 (0.82); 7.4833 (0.82); 7.4781 (0.94); 7.4633 (1.88); 7.4580(2.11); 7.4536 (2.55); 7.4483 (2.56); 7.4338 (1.80); 7.4280 (1.90);7.4241 (2.40); 7.4182 (2.05); 7.4054 (1.45); 7.3975 (3.38); 7.3893(2.23); 7.3743 (1.64); 7.3664 (3.63); 7.3584 (2.55); 7.3438 (1.02);7.3358 (1.58); 7.3280 (0.92); 7.2982 (2.09); 7.2907 (1.96); 7.2734(3.70); 7.2677 (2.02); 7.2631 (3.22); 7.2564 (2.65); 7.2341 (1.75);7.2267 (1.74); 3.8077 (0.43); 3.7739 (1.79); 3.7399 (2.86); 3.7059(2.02); 3.6718 (0.54); 3.2410 (0.40); 3.2096 (1.59); 3.1751 (2.57);3.1415 (1.97); 3.1083 (0.68); 3.1059 (0.68); 3.0857 (0.77); 3.0649(0.79); 3.0592 (0.95); 3.0554 (0.89); 3.0445 (0.90); 3.0384 (0.97);3.0346 (0.96); 3.0243 (1.07); 3.0177 (1.25); 3.0082 (0.76); 2.9971(1.19); 2.9906 (0.84); 2.9699 (0.72); 2.4405 (0.33); 2.4228 (0.64);2.4118 (0.72); 2.4031 (1.29); 2.3947 (1.34); 2.3837 (1.16); 2.3750(1.72); 2.3684 (2.33); 2.3577 (3.87); 2.3520 (2.58); 2.3414 (2.02);2.3253 (4.83); 2.3196 (5.09); 2.3150 (3.39); 2.2896 (5.74); 2.2762(3.89); 2.2723 (3.82); 2.2583 (5.27); 2.2541 (4.62); 2.2494 (4.23);2.2420 (4.79); 2.2354 (3.82); 2.2253 (3.98); 2.2184 (2.64); 2.2144(2.60); 2.2074 (3.15); 2.2006 (2.33); 2.1919 (1.63); 2.1831 (1.14);2.1798 (1.15); 2.1755 (0.99); 2.1656 (0.94); 2.1616 (0.81); 2.1580(0.80); 2.0821 (0.83); 2.0502 (1.59); 2.0433 (1.24); 2.0386 (1.43);2.0141 (1.99); 2.0063 (3.33); 1.9830 (1.41); 1.9707 (4.96); 1.9482(1.53); 1.9445 (1.22); 1.9382 (2.86); 1.9329 (2.78); 1.9120 (1.74);1.9031 (1.62); 1.8964 (1.65); 1.8808 (1.19); 1.8761 (1.47); 1.8680(1.51); 1.8604 (2.20); 1.8486 (1.25); 1.8403 (1.74); 1.8339 (1.43);1.8289 (0.99); 1.8210 (1.09); 1.8137 (1.29); 1.8077 (0.91); 1.8019(0.73); 1.7972 (0.56); 1.7851 (0.51); 1.7805 (0.52); 1.7122 (0.66);1.6911 (0.73); 1.6851 (0.95); 1.6641 (0.94); 1.6579 (0.80); 1.6369(0.71); 1.2554 (10.70); 1.2289 (10.25); 1.1726 (0.38); 1.1666 (0.38);1.1459 (0.38); 1.1403 (0.40); 1.0836 (9.18); 1.0570 (8.94); 0.9937(16.00); 0.9664 (15.28); 0.9054 (10.11); 0.8929 (10.07); 0.8779 (9.87);0.8657 (9.27); 0.8163 (0.39); 0.8035 (0.37); 0.7888 (0.34); 0.0712(0.73); −0.0006 (2.50); Example 23, Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13MHz 11.7799 (0.66); 11.7556 (0.71); 11.7333 (0.74); 11.7080 (0.69);7.7129 (1.53); 7.7093 (2.07); 7.6928 (2.57); 7.6896 (3.04); 7.6839(1.77); 7.6329 (1.34); 7.6285 (2.46); 7.6228 (1.32); 7.6133 (3.68);7.6091 (4.35); 7.6046 (2.06); 7.5952 (2.37); 7.5900 (1.61); 7.5791(1.22); 7.5753 (2.38); 7.5718 (1.80); 7.5601 (2.25); 7.5575 (2.75);7.5545 (1.86); 7.5419 (1.13); 7.5387 (1.37); 7.5117 (2.17); 7.5073(1.97); 7.4930 (1.27); 7.4885 (1.07); 4.3157 (0.91); 4.2757 (16.00);4.2605 (4.93); 4.2202 (0.89); 3.3518 (23.38); 3.3477 (22.43); 3.3354(0.43); 3.3293 (2.78); 3.0373 (0.49); 3.0244 (0.60); 3.0208 (0.61);3.0114 (0.62); 3.0083 (0.65); 2.9989 (0.61); 2.9954 (0.61); 2.9825(0.55); 2.9718 (0.51); 2.9650 (0.33); 2.9581 (0.58); 2.9554 (0.59);2.9474 (0.54); 2.9419 (0.56); 2.9339 (0.58); 2.9313 (0.56); 2.9176(0.46); 2.5287 (0.40); 2.5151 (5.57); 2.5109 (11.52); 2.5064 (15.73);2.5020 (11.48); 2.4977 (5.40); 1.7995 (0.50); 1.7825 (0.76); 1.7687(0.81); 1.7655 (0.77); 1.7516 (0.78); 1.7473 (0.75); 1.7339 (0.79);1.7299 (0.83); 1.7168 (0.80); 1.7132 (0.65); 1.6998 (0.56); 1.1639(7.31); 1.1474 (7.18); 1.0992 (6.76); 1.0826 (6.61); 0.9055 (6.53);0.8883 (6.32); 0.8688 (6.69); 0.8518 (6.71); 0.8417 (7.25); 0.8245(7.23); 0.8172 (7.43); 0.8002 (6.72); Example 24, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.7415 (1.13); 11.7109 (1.20); 7.4911 (2.28);7.4865 (2.35); 7.4759 (2.61); 7.4715 (2.68); 7.4597 (3.14); 7.4548(3.13); 7.4445 (3.29); 7.4397 (3.31); 7.2803 (1.09); 7.2756 (1.99);7.2706 (1.28); 7.2503 (3.24); 7.2456 (5.57); 7.2406 (3.32); 7.2208(3.12); 7.2160 (4.95); 7.2109 (2.74); 7.1876 (2.33); 7.1824 (3.04);7.1801 (3.29); 7.1755 (3.26); 7.1562 (2.85); 7.1493 (3.95); 7.1447(3.51); 7.1258 (1.40); 7.1205 (1.72); 7.1139 (1.28); 7.0946 (3.51);7.0872 (3.07); 7.0738 (3.34); 7.0640 (6.62); 7.0580 (2.58); 7.0442(2.13); 7.0369 (2.11); 3.9210 (0.73); 3.8925 (0.75); 2.5122 (0.63);2.4994 (1.12); 2.4930 (0.98); 2.4845 (1.34); 2.4733 (1.52); 2.4681(1.44); 2.4581 (1.82); 2.4368 (10.53); 2.4321 (9.26); 2.4095 (10.40);2.4043 (8.92); 2.3904 (0.87); 2.1466 (1.03); 2.0560 (2.47); 2.0276(2.54); 1.8304 (3.29); 1.2953 (0.36); 1.2681 (0.35); 1.2186 (0.81);1.1925 (0.83); 1.1361 (14.18); 1.1097 (13.40); 1.0938 (2.49); 1.0721(4.42); 1.0521 (16.00); 1.0153 (1.57); 1.0040 (0.84); 0.9978 (0.82);0.9833 (0.95); 0.9710 (1.41); 0.9414 (13.16); 0.9234 (3.49); 0.9149(12.51); 0.8966 (1.49); 0.8925 (1.48); 0.8750 (0.97); 0.8643 (1.04);0.8449 (1.12); 0.8321 (1.21); 0.8123 (1.54); 0.7995 (0.97); 0.7922(1.04); 0.7796 (1.62); 0.7600 (1.29); 0.7478 (1.20); 0.7409 (0.85);0.7279 (1.30); 0.7207 (0.92); 0.7083 (2.14); 0.6914 (5.04); 0.6758(4.73); 0.6659 (14.36); 0.6385 (4.51); 0.4634 (0.39); 0.4234 (0.76);0.4033 (2.24); 0.3864 (6.47); 0.3804 (6.88); 0.3736 (5.44); 0.3680(5.88); 0.3628 (5.94); 0.3538 (6.86); 0.3472 (6.06); 0.3328 (4.65);0.3163 (1.53); 0.3056 (2.46); 0.3013 (3.50); 0.2963 (3.54); 0.2825(1.88); 0.2664 (3.69); 0.2515 (0.90); 0.2262 (0.61); 0.2121 (0.96);0.1938 (0.84); 0.1744 (1.59); 0.1546 (1.05); 0.1514 (1.00); 0.1006(0.37); 0.0799 (0.40); 0.0603 (0.52); 0.0368 (2.43); 0.0183 (6.40);−0.0006 (6.57); −0.0215 (3.63); −0.0423 (2.25); −0.0647 (1.06); −0.0804(0.91); −0.1241 (0.52); −0.1423 (1.44); −0.1610 (1.71); −0.1803 (1.57);−0.2071 (1.63); −0.2148 (3.04); −0.2275 (1.55); Example 25, Solvent:CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.8877 (0.55); 11.8539 (0.55); 7.6950(1.01); 7.6903 (1.03); 7.6789 (1.16); 7.6746 (1.22); 7.6637 (1.45);7.6587 (1.48); 7.6475 (1.45); 7.6428 (1.51); 7.4777 (0.54); 7.4725(0.68); 7.4706 (0.65); 7.4646 (0.65); 7.4476 (1.59); 7.4422 (1.96);7.4347 (1.64); 7.4289 (0.92); 7.4182 (1.48); 7.4111 (1.93); 7.4047(1.42); 7.3853 (1.53); 7.3822 (1.63); 7.3772 (2.21); 7.3752 (2.23);7.3549 (10.16); 7.3374 (17.97); 7.3269 (3.36); 7.3194 (5.58); 7.3095(2.47); 7.2978 (11.08); 7.2828 (14.14); 7.2559 (4.98); 7.2300 (2.80);7.2199 (1.44); 7.2059 (0.64); 7.1914 (0.61); 7.1731 (0.35); 4.1034(0.99); 4.0428 (2.99); 4.0261 (3.94); 4.0190 (4.07); 3.9894 (2.94);3.9287 (1.02); 3.7192 (0.45); 3.6665 (0.42); 3.6412 (1.29); 3.6282(16.00); 3.5362 (0.41); 3.3453 (2.87); 2.6662 (0.33); 2.6516 (0.43);2.6403 (0.49); 2.6337 (0.50); 2.6255 (0.73); 2.6202 (1.04); 2.6080(0.60); 2.5952 (1.49); 2.5834 (0.56); 2.5700 (0.74); 2.5571 (0.39);1.2993 (5.17); 1.2730 (5.07); 1.1055 (5.11); 1.0791 (4.96); 0.9774(0.35); 0.9576 (0.62); 0.9453 (0.43); 0.9379 (0.43); 0.9251 (0.68);0.9054 (0.48); 0.8921 (0.40); 0.8767 (0.45); 0.8565 (0.67); 0.8440(0.42); 0.8363 (0.40); 0.8239 (0.71); 0.8034 (0.40); 0.5525 (0.45);0.5338 (1.13); 0.5283 (1.59); 0.5204 (0.57); 0.5120 (0.73); 0.5068(0.67); 0.4970 (1.48); 0.4898 (0.73); 0.4774 (1.14); 0.4715 (1.29);0.4665 (1.31); 0.4542 (0.65); 0.4512 (0.68); 0.4433 (0.87); 0.4365(1.47); 0.4193 (0.51); 0.3976 (0.38); 0.3795 (0.59); 0.3661 (0.46);0.3458 (0.89); 0.3254 (0.70); 0.1360 (0.58); 0.1135 (0.70); 0.0952(0.48); 0.0801 (0.43); 0.0768 (0.44); 0.0602 (0.32); 0.0410 (0.35);0.0114 (0.47); −0.0006 (1.29); −0.0162 (0.73); −0.0429 (0.64); −0.0465(0.58); −0.0527 (0.53); −0.0631 (0.65); Example 26, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 12.1565 (0.98); 12.1156 (0.90); 7.7221 (4.10);7.6906 (4.71); 7.5021 (1.49); 7.4971 (1.50); 7.4765 (3.15); 7.4725(3.60); 7.4675 (3.13); 7.4606 (2.18); 7.4472 (2.92); 7.4429 (3.33);7.4376 (3.02); 7.4300 (2.28); 7.4247 (2.29); 7.4174 (3.50); 7.4097(2.92); 7.3864 (3.96); 7.3794 (2.89); 7.3630 (1.32); 7.3559 (1.71);7.3491 (1.23); 7.3030 (2.19); 7.2965 (2.37); 7.2880 (3.16); 7.2664(2.48); 7.2555 (3.11); 7.2487 (2.40); 7.2263 (2.19); 4.5140 (1.22);4.5048 (1.46); 4.4944 (2.25); 4.4853 (2.25); 4.4712 (2.34); 4.4524(2.41); 4.1713 (2.24); 4.1269 (2.46); 3.5983 (1.78); 3.5535 (2.78);3.5164 (1.35); 3.5079 (1.36); 3.1360 (0.91); 3.1291 (0.89); 3.1100(1.52); 3.1015 (1.53); 3.0910 (1.74); 3.0834 (1.67); 3.0755 (1.78);3.0697 (1.74); 3.0557 (1.29); 3.0494 (1.35); 2.3924 (0.68); 2.3696(0.76); 2.0719 (2.26); 2.0449 (2.17); 2.0326 (2.14); 1.9223 (2.50);1.8807 (0.97); 1.8731 (1.02); 1.8538 (1.15); 1.8454 (1.09); 1.8268(1.10); 1.8179 (0.92); 1.8088 (0.86); 1.7994 (0.94); 1.7183 (5.60);1.7075 (3.69); 1.6792 (5.25); 1.6529 (4.87); 1.6339 (4.94); 1.6022(3.65); 1.5804 (3.15); 1.5693 (3.28); 1.3314 (0.63); 1.3045 (1.13);1.2647 (4.98); 1.2396 (9.54); 1.2247 (7.29); 1.2131 (8.67); 1.1984(4.74); 1.1814 (0.63); 1.1513 (0.63); 1.1248 (0.53); 1.0858 (5.55);1.0599 (5.66); 1.0369 (2.44); 0.9899 (10.44); 0.9632 (9.17); 0.9101(15.13); 0.9002 (11.65); 0.8891 (14.42); 0.8828 (16.00); 0.8630 (8.18);0.8205 (0.78); 0.7935 (0.73); 0.7744 (0.42); −0.0006 (1.32); Example 27,Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13 MHz 11.9512 (0.40); 11.9265 (0.43);11.9040 (0.45); 11.8778 (0.42); 7.7090 (0.98); 7.7055 (1.26); 7.6962(0.44); 7.6889 (1.47); 7.6854 (1.98); 7.6798 (0.94); 7.6737 (0.33);7.6570 (0.33); 7.6541 (0.38); 7.6390 (0.34); 7.6278 (1.59); 7.6245(1.48); 7.6154 (0.66); 7.6090 (3.39); 7.6050 (2.36); 7.5906 (1.41);7.5854 (1.11); 7.5745 (0.85); 7.5706 (1.55); 7.5673 (1.33); 7.5554(1.67); 7.5529 (1.54); 7.5489 (1.47); 7.5431 (0.42); 7.5370 (0.94);7.5341 (0.93); 7.5307 (0.40); 7.5218 (0.36); 7.5182 (0.36); 7.5104(1.39); 7.5059 (1.27); 7.4916 (0.81); 7.4871 (0.67); 3.6643 (0.46);3.6553 (0.79); 3.6486 (1.19); 3.6450 (1.12); 3.6407 (1.26); 3.6384(1.19); 3.6333 (2.51); 3.6299 (2.12); 3.6237 (0.99); 3.6177 (2.13);3.6087 (0.44); 3.6028 (0.72); 3.5934 (0.50); 3.5883 (0.57); 3.5734(1.01); 3.5585 (0.56); 3.5347 (0.37); 3.5191 (0.71); 3.5035 (0.37);3.3284 (3.71); 3.2480 (4.00); 3.2398 (16.00); 3.2371 (14.16); 3.2214(2.50); 3.0045 (0.39); 3.0010 (0.39); 2.9917 (0.40); 2.9883 (0.42);2.9791 (0.39); 2.9755 (0.39); 2.9627 (0.36); 2.9533 (0.33); 2.9398(0.37); 2.9371 (0.37); 2.9290 (0.35); 2.9236 (0.36); 2.9155 (0.37);2.9128 (0.36); 2.8979 (0.48); 2.8828 (0.54); 2.8659 (0.37); 2.8574(1.43); 2.8426 (2.47); 2.8314 (2.39); 2.8267 (1.43); 2.8164 (1.88);2.8062 (0.36); 2.8018 (0.66); 2.7915 (0.46); 2.7761 (0.51); 2.7724(0.66); 2.7574 (1.01); 2.7425 (0.49); 2.5411 (0.43); 2.5288 (0.99);2.5151 (8.15); 2.5107 (16.27); 2.5063 (21.59); 2.5018 (15.30); 2.4974(6.94); 2.4519 (0.37); 2.4363 (0.69); 2.4207 (0.34); 1.7711 (0.46);1.7574 (0.52); 1.7399 (0.53); 1.7212 (0.53); 1.7080 (0.50); 1.7044(0.41); 1.6911 (0.35); 1.1654 (1.30); 1.1523 (4.79); 1.1357 (4.44);1.0906 (4.10); 1.0740 (4.00); 0.8942 (3.96); 0.8770 (3.88); 0.8612(4.27); 0.8511 (1.70); 0.8442 (4.20); 0.8314 (4.72); 0.8127 (5.99);0.7945 (4.19); 0.7007 (1.14); 0.6842 (1.07); Example 28, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.8210 (0.64); 11.7940 (0.64); 7.6284 (1.31);7.6140 (1.49); 7.6012 (1.60); 7.5968 (1.67); 7.5861 (1.69); 7.5822(1.77); 7.4172 (1.05); 7.3873 (2.91); 7.3576 (2.55); 7.3225 (1.86);7.3180 (1.72); 7.2918 (2.37); 7.2870 (2.08); 7.2676 (1.00); 7.2623(1.10); 7.2563 (0.73); 7.2314 (2.01); 7.2242 (1.80); 7.2112 (1.88);7.2037 (4.83); 7.1946 (1.46); 7.1817 (1.26); 7.1744 (1.19); 2.7216(1.50); 2.6921 (4.55); 2.6627 (4.66); 2.6370 (1.75); 2.6330 (1.84);2.6167 (0.79); 2.6113 (0.75); 2.6011 (1.03); 2.5918 (0.88); 2.5854(0.85); 2.5707 (1.10); 2.5598 (0.76); 2.5453 (0.70); 2.5332 (0.53);2.3009 (1.03); 2.2806 (0.43); 1.6150 (0.91); 1.2696 (7.09); 1.2433(6.93); 1.2209 (0.57); 1.1907 (0.99); 1.1602 (0.60); 1.1317 (8.13);1.1023 (16.00); 1.0713 (11.03); 1.0433 (6.69); 1.0112 (0.68); 0.9803(0.70); 0.9675 (0.47); 0.9586 (0.50); 0.9477 (0.87); 0.9351 (0.52);0.9277 (0.64); 0.9152 (0.89); 0.8950 (0.58); 0.8832 (0.43); 0.8698(0.41); 0.8577 (0.49); 0.8374 (0.90); 0.8248 (0.56); 0.8170 (0.56);0.8051 (1.04); 0.7925 (0.34); 0.7846 (0.58); 0.7728 (0.46); 0.5249(0.54); 0.5058 (1.40); 0.5002 (1.72); 0.4927 (0.82); 0.4831 (0.78);0.4790 (0.80); 0.4697 (1.71); 0.4513 (1.08); 0.4364 (1.75); 0.4317(1.91); 0.4174 (1.19); 0.4015 (2.12); 0.3856 (0.65); 0.3782 (0.41);0.3654 (0.42); 0.3468 (0.75); 0.3338 (0.57); 0.3134 (1.14); 0.2929(0.87); 0.1207 (0.70); 0.1174 (0.70); 0.0973 (0.86); 0.0792 (0.60);0.0645 (0.51); 0.0145 (0.63); −0.0006 (5.92); −0.0219 (1.14); −0.0416(1.07); −0.0727 (1.89); −0.0888 (1.05); −0.1097 (0.35); −0.1260 (0.40);Example 29, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9608 (2.93);7.7790 (0.34); 7.7056 (4.96); 7.7008 (4.77); 7.6906 (5.33); 7.6744(5.28); 7.6694 (4.54); 7.6591 (4.57); 7.6145 (0.66); 7.6032 (0.57);7.5818 (0.50); 7.5511 (0.51); 7.4889 (4.03); 7.4838 (3.38); 7.4641(6.89); 7.4594 (7.82); 7.4546 (5.07); 7.4342 (5.99); 7.4295 (6.74);7.4243 (4.28); 7.3994 (6.06); 7.3953 (6.33); 7.3924 (6.20); 7.3885(5.38); 7.3680 (6.42); 7.3646 (6.52); 7.3376 (3.98); 7.3335 (4.23);7.3260 (3.99); 7.3139 (6.87); 7.3067 (5.85); 7.2935 (6.65); 7.2855(7.20); 7.2765 (6.14); 7.2648 (3.24); 7.2574 (2.30); 7.2267 (0.36);7.1986 (0.33); 7.1898 (0.33); 3.4540 (1.54); 3.4254 (3.67); 3.3958(4.85); 3.3627 (3.28); 3.3329 (1.09); 2.8252 (0.84); 2.7933 (1.91);2.7635 (2.78); 2.7334 (2.38); 2.7001 (2.60); 2.6737 (3.13); 2.6554(3.32); 2.6491 (3.42); 2.6338 (2.92); 2.6291 (2.96); 2.6027 (1.77);2.5886 (1.25); 2.3540 (1.07); 1.9576 (8.49); 1.9403 (9.63); 1.9077(9.58); 1.8915 (9.82); 1.8691 (11.28); 1.8531 (10.32); 1.8461 (10.74);1.8175 (8.69); 1.7793 (8.58); 1.7633 (9.87); 1.7573 (9.81); 1.7264(11.34); 1.7121 (11.41); 1.7044 (11.60); 1.6924 (10.62); 1.6857 (10.53);1.6778 (10.64); 1.6463 (11.75); 1.6310 (9.53); 1.6186 (10.50); 1.6046(8.12); 1.5908 (6.48); 1.5575 (3.13); 1.4287 (1.00); 1.4023 (1.21);1.3382 (16.00); 1.3120 (13.29); 1.2780 (1.20); 1.2511 (1.29); 1.2387(1.25); 1.2244 (1.17); 1.2125 (1.28); 1.1478 (14.48); 1.1216 (12.03);1.0587 (1.48); 1.0511 (1.45); 1.0373 (1.90); 1.0188 (2.33); 1.0060(2.06); 0.9987 (1.97); 0.9864 (2.33); 0.9671 (1.87); 0.9537 (1.83);0.9358 (2.02); 0.9167 (2.62); 0.9034 (2.15); 0.8965 (2.04); 0.8843(2.46); 0.8712 (1.41); 0.8642 (1.50); 0.8520 (1.10); 0.8315 (0.65);0.6554 (0.35); 0.6295 (0.82); 0.5944 (2.88); 0.5736 (5.45); 0.5687(5.35); 0.5482 (4.95); 0.5394 (5.75); 0.5105 (6.82); 0.5056 (6.27);0.4939 (3.92); 0.4886 (3.76); 0.4761 (5.62); 0.4622 (2.22); 0.4275(1.95); 0.4148 (2.17); 0.3958 (2.23); 0.3768 (2.76); 0.3572 (1.96);0.2228 (0.55); 0.1810 (2.39); 0.1751 (2.17); 0.1615 (2.47); 0.1393(1.85); 0.1231 (1.79); 0.0716 (4.12); 0.0490 (3.66); 0.0289 (3.75);0.0031 (4.21); −0.0006 (4.44); −0.0165 (3.05); −0.0340 (1.28); −0.0517(1.09); −0.0712 (0.56); −0.0880 (0.36); Example 30, Solvent: CDCl₃,Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 11.9083 (2.13); 11.8792 (2.03); 7.7643 (0.33);7.7193 (4.40); 7.7146 (4.50); 7.7038 (4.86); 7.6994 (5.14); 7.6880(6.06); 7.6829 (5.90); 7.6724 (6.05); 7.6676 (6.10); 7.6213 (0.42);7.6096 (0.44); 7.5904 (0.56); 7.5658 (0.42); 7.5356 (0.40); 7.5036(3.51); 7.4989 (2.29); 7.4781 (5.97); 7.4737 (9.77); 7.4698 (5.73);7.4486 (5.48); 7.4440 (8.43); 7.4393 (4.68); 7.4187 (4.40); 7.4112(6.35); 7.4066 (5.77); 7.3868 (5.36); 7.3809 (7.52); 7.3758 (6.53);7.3569 (2.59); 7.3516 (3.22); 7.3453 (2.90); 7.3070 (5.29); 7.2999(4.79); 7.2887 (4.32); 7.2776 (7.45); 7.2732 (13.43); 7.2582 (3.09);7.2544 (3.08); 7.1810 (0.35); 4.1379 (0.39); 4.1114 (0.70); 4.0956(0.85); 4.0794 (0.82); 4.0722 (1.17); 4.0609 (3.87); 4.0461 (12.97);4.0365 (7.91); 4.0279 (9.14); 4.0205 (14.67); 4.0068 (7.43); 4.0019(10.32); 3.9793 (5.86); 3.9525 (6.67); 3.9229 (4.22); 3.8955 (0.64);3.8638 (4.24); 3.8339 (7.51); 3.8021 (6.40); 3.7741 (4.14); 3.7502(3.71); 3.7210 (4.72); 3.6900 (3.52); 3.6648 (1.40); 2.7327 (0.45);2.7251 (0.76); 2.7175 (1.04); 2.7064 (1.66); 2.6989 (1.58); 2.6923(1.74); 2.6791 (2.64); 2.6736 (2.72); 2.6591 (2.15); 2.6461 (2.99);2.6272 (1.45); 2.6196 (1.67); 2.6126 (1.63); 2.5935 (0.46); 2.5861(0.55); 2.3854 (2.27); 2.3654 (2.25); 2.3522 (0.53); 2.3283 (0.63);2.3224 (0.55); 2.3026 (1.60); 2.2851 (1.84); 2.2802 (2.53); 2.2719(2.85); 2.2564 (3.96); 2.2508 (4.97); 2.2421 (3.46); 2.2349 (5.47);2.2310 (5.50); 2.2273 (4.97); 2.2213 (4.68); 2.2163 (4.53); 2.2121(4.30); 2.2071 (5.04); 2.2010 (3.59); 2.1967 (3.39); 2.1923 (3.47);2.1862 (3.39); 2.1828 (2.99); 2.1624 (2.69); 2.1428 (0.88); 2.1367(0.92); 2.1284 (0.60); 2.1130 (0.66); 2.0595 (0.35); 2.0079 (0.34);1.9945 (0.34); 1.9877 (0.34); 1.6941 (12.08); 1.6015 (0.44); 1.3473(13.69); 1.3430 (14.56); 1.3208 (13.87); 1.3168 (14.23); 1.2519 (1.22);1.2384 (0.55); 1.2238 (1.09); 1.2119 (0.39); 1.1580 (16.00); 1.1319(16.00); 1.0844 (0.56); 1.0647 (0.78); 1.0557 (0.89); 1.0394 (1.49);1.0200 (1.88); 1.0032 (1.39); 0.9872 (2.45); 0.9707 (1.51); 0.9547(1.71); 0.9392 (1.38); 0.9202 (2.18); 0.9078 (1.82); 0.9005 (1.72);0.8879 (2.77); 0.8689 (1.60); 0.8572 (1.25); 0.8348 (0.65); 0.6445(0.45); 0.6086 (1.55); 0.5942 (2.08); 0.5886 (4.41); 0.5826 (5.55);0.5629 (2.95); 0.5525 (5.11); 0.5424 (3.02); 0.5274 (6.71); 0.5221(6.75); 0.5085 (4.07); 0.4916 (7.53); 0.4769 (2.51); 0.4695 (1.50);0.4541 (0.88); 0.4356 (1.25); 0.4250 (1.11); 0.4151 (1.42); 0.4024(1.44); 0.3934 (1.31); 0.3813 (2.02); 0.3733 (1.88); 0.3593 (1.67);0.1883 (2.13); 0.1826 (1.42); 0.1684 (2.41); 0.1502 (1.63); 0.1354(1.16); 0.1304 (1.56); 0.1160 (0.91); 0.1097 (0.97); 0.0961 (1.18);0.0823 (0.97); 0.0766 (0.99); 0.0603 (2.83); 0.0555 (2.56); 0.0406(2.66); 0.0142 (1.96); −0.0006 (9.81); −0.0135 (2.11); −0.0175 (2.37);−0.0219 (2.29); −0.0339 (1.12); −0.0434 (1.29); −0.0600 (1.00); −0.0732(0.58); −0.0930 (0.44); Example 31, Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13MHz 12.0521 (0.70); 12.0126 (1.03); 11.9879 (1.25); 11.9759 (1.27);11.9501 (1.06); 7.7071 (3.13); 7.6877 (4.44); 7.6498 (1.64); 7.6452(1.89); 7.6273 (4.38); 7.6103 (4.44); 7.6053 (3.63); 7.5909 (2.95);7.5855 (2.68); 7.5746 (2.77); 7.5709 (2.25); 7.5565 (4.34); 7.5420(5.56); 7.5365 (4.01); 7.5233 (1.14); 7.5176 (0.67); 3.3285 (2.29);3.0003 (0.70); 2.9873 (0.90); 2.9840 (0.89); 2.9742 (0.97); 2.9619(0.93); 2.9586 (0.89); 2.9456 (0.81); 2.9360 (0.72); 2.9281 (0.55);2.9221 (0.86); 2.9115 (0.79); 2.9063 (0.80); 2.8980 (0.83); 2.8819(0.62); 2.5102 (11.85); 2.5059 (15.06); 2.5018 (10.71); 2.3083 (0.55);2.3028 (0.61); 2.2917 (1.87); 2.2843 (1.76); 2.2773 (2.18); 2.2733(2.35); 2.2626 (1.96); 2.2548 (1.00); 2.2477 (0.59); 2.2418 (0.45);1.8111 (0.90); 1.7998 (1.77); 1.7911 (2.15); 1.7798 (3.23); 1.7744(1.44); 1.7688 (2.05); 1.7602 (2.52); 1.7487 (1.44); 1.7422 (1.11);1.7281 (1.35); 1.7112 (1.47); 1.6943 (1.36); 1.6810 (1.16); 1.6642(0.79); 1.1501 (0.39); 1.1277 (10.01); 1.1111 (9.83); 1.1003 (1.93);1.0954 (1.85); 1.0874 (4.12); 1.0799 (7.93); 1.0673 (12.45); 1.0605(7.86); 1.0509 (10.47); 1.0384 (1.71); 1.0280 (3.37); 1.0202 (7.70);1.0170 (4.31); 1.0115 (5.43); 1.0089 (6.82); 1.0011 (4.97); 0.9895(3.03); 0.9707 (16.00); 0.9567 (9.45); 0.9411 (5.06); 0.9165 (0.87);0.8718 (9.06); 0.8546 (9.08); 0.8447 (9.41); 0.8277 (9.00); 0.8124(10.77); 0.7965 (15.76); 0.7807 (9.54); 0.7658 (0.68); Example 32,Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13 MHz 12.0402 (0.69); 8.3897 (1.81);7.7094 (1.53); 7.6949 (1.73); 7.6780 (1.99); 7.6672 (1.89); 7.6634(2.04); 7.5028 (0.92); 7.4983 (0.96); 7.4729 (2.52); 7.4684 (2.57);7.4430 (2.31); 7.4391 (2.27); 7.4111 (2.29); 7.4072 (2.07); 7.3807(2.76); 7.3508 (1.47); 7.2890 (8.10); 7.2698 (1.88); 7.2585 (1.42);7.2473 (1.27); 4.4863 (0.92); 4.4786 (1.01); 4.4698 (1.10); 4.4529(1.25); 4.4445 (1.29); 4.4374 (1.19); 4.4280 (1.00); 4.2970 (0.52);4.2840 (0.65); 4.2601 (0.59); 4.2473 (0.64); 4.2145 (0.40); 4.1698(1.86); 4.1434 (4.81); 4.1356 (5.63); 4.0982 (5.36); 4.0907 (6.53);4.0818 (4.72); 4.0620 (1.50); 4.0376 (4.35); 4.0272 (6.18); 3.9947(4.52); 3.9838 (5.68); 3.6245 (0.54); 3.5906 (2.85); 3.5759 (4.58);3.5462 (4.72); 3.5330 (5.95); 3.5090 (2.43); 3.5021 (2.70); 3.4900(3.27); 3.4732 (0.71); 2.7662 (0.52); 2.7341 (1.07); 2.7039 (1.10);2.6770 (0.71); 2.3922 (0.95); 2.3692 (0.40); 2.1630 (0.35); 2.1056(1.19); 2.0653 (3.76); 2.0516 (4.32); 2.0330 (5.86); 1.9313 (6.41);1.9263 (6.24); 1.9159 (5.71); 1.8824 (2.28); 1.8429 (1.20); 1.8050(0.93); 1.7942 (0.82); 1.7349 (1.56); 1.6885 (3.95); 1.6722 (5.21);1.6576 (5.78); 1.6477 (8.57); 1.6345 (9.09); 1.6085 (16.00); 1.5960(18.09); 1.5898 (18.03); 1.5809 (16.86); 1.5583 (6.31); 1.5453 (5.07);1.5004 (1.49); 1.4860 (0.93); 1.3299 (4.28); 1.3212 (3.87); 1.3037(4.19); 1.2950 (3.62); 1.2606 (0.81); 1.2317 (0.38); 1.1489 (3.58);1.1320 (3.86); 1.1226 (3.77); 1.1057 (3.54); 1.0482 (0.40); 1.0375(0.38); 1.0274 (0.55); 1.0166 (0.60); 1.0062 (0.51); 0.9955 (0.66);0.9851 (0.57); 0.9744 (0.42); 0.9643 (0.53); 0.9539 (0.37); 0.9439(0.35); 0.9345 (0.56); 0.9239 (0.35); 0.9126 (0.63); 0.9028 (0.62);0.8920 (0.44); 0.8801 (0.78); 0.8592 (0.32); 0.5964 (0.36); 0.5759(1.02); 0.5668 (1.43); 0.5589 (1.29); 0.5409 (1.24); 0.5338 (1.36);0.5238 (1.74); 0.5051 (1.25); 0.4846 (1.64); 0.4699 (1.17); 0.4518(0.44); 0.4124 (0.48); 0.3958 (0.53); 0.3775 (0.69); 0.3584 (0.77);0.3388 (0.39); 0.2049 (0.48); 0.1849 (0.62); 0.1720 (0.58); 0.1542(0.47); 0.1398 (0.38); 0.1022 (0.41); 0.0841 (0.46); 0.0710 (2.52);0.0445 (1.10); 0.0242 (0.65); 0.0126 (0.97); −0.0006 (3.88); Example 33,Solvent: DMSO, Spectrometer: 400.13 MHz 12.0250 (0.48); 11.9926 (0.67);11.9659 (0.51); 7.7044 (1.11); 7.7014 (1.28); 7.6984 (1.15); 7.6915(0.53); 7.6845 (1.65); 7.6815 (1.87); 7.6786 (1.79); 7.6746 (0.95);7.6235 (1.87); 7.6196 (1.83); 7.6043 (4.01); 7.5856 (1.68); 7.5805(1.23); 7.5698 (0.92); 7.5654 (1.44); 7.5614 (1.25); 7.5506 (1.78);7.5485 (1.90); 7.5432 (1.48); 7.5326 (0.91); 7.5292 (0.88); 7.5249(0.41); 7.5039 (1.60); 7.4994 (1.45); 7.4851 (0.96); 7.4806 (0.78);3.3282 (3.64); 3.0082 (0.35); 2.9952 (0.44); 2.9919 (0.43); 2.9826(0.45); 2.9791 (0.46); 2.9697 (0.43); 2.9665 (0.43); 2.9536 (0.40);2.9395 (0.37); 2.9259 (0.41); 2.9154 (0.38); 2.9098 (0.39); 2.9019(0.40); 2.5150 (8.07); 2.5106 (15.68); 2.5062 (20.72); 2.5018 (14.83);2.4974 (6.68); 2.4844 (2.96); 2.4671 (4.24); 2.4506 (2.38); 2.4313(1.73); 2.4134 (0.67); 2.4021 (0.48); 2.3947 (0.57); 2.3846 (0.47);2.1483 (0.59); 2.1315 (1.15); 2.1145 (1.41); 2.0977 (1.16); 2.0808(0.60); 2.0761 (0.44); 1.7781 (0.38); 1.7611 (0.55); 1.7474 (0.60);1.7352 (0.52); 1.7308 (0.52); 1.7221 (0.53); 1.7184 (0.61); 1.7053(0.58); 1.6884 (0.40); 1.1463 (5.24); 1.1297 (5.12); 1.0938 (4.74);1.0772 (4.78); 1.0569 (0.45); 0.9437 (16.00); 0.9391 (7.84); 0.9271(15.59); 0.9226 (7.14); 0.9098 (1.58); 0.8924 (5.65); 0.8749 (4.85);0.8546 (4.76); 0.8369 (6.08); 0.8347 (6.19); 0.8170 (5.44); 0.8110(5.45); 0.7940 (4.81); Example 34, Solvent: CDCl₃, Spectrometer: 250.13MHz 11.9437 (0.65); 11.9157 (0.66); 7.7043 (1.38); 7.6996 (1.38); 7.6896(1.49); 7.6853 (1.54); 7.6730 (1.92); 7.6680 (1.87); 7.6580 (1.91);7.6533 (1.90); 7.4938 (0.67); 7.4889 (1.26); 7.4839 (0.79); 7.4641(1.89); 7.4591 (3.39); 7.4539 (1.94); 7.4342 (1.80); 7.4293 (3.06);7.4241 (1.67); 7.4010 (1.43); 7.3958 (1.76); 7.3935 (2.04); 7.3888(1.91); 7.3695 (1.72); 7.3628 (2.28); 7.3580 (2.02); 7.3391 (0.84);7.3338 (0.93); 7.3274 (0.76); 7.3039 (2.03); 7.2966 (1.84); 7.2844(1.99); 7.2775 (3.82); 7.2671 (1.43); 7.2549 (1.27); 7.2475 (1.28);2.7297 (1.52); 2.7208 (4.11); 2.7002 (3.66); 2.6914 (6.76); 2.6694(2.64); 2.6614 (5.15); 2.6477 (0.88); 2.6419 (0.92); 2.6374 (0.89);2.6326 (0.86); 2.6280 (1.04); 2.6158 (0.64); 2.6005 (0.72); 2.3533(0.53); 1.7955 (0.74); 1.7657 (2.94); 1.7359 (5.39); 1.7060 (5.27);1.6762 (3.04); 1.6469 (0.85); 1.3401 (7.71); 1.3137 (7.55); 1.2861(0.36); 1.2654 (1.28); 1.2376 (0.36); 1.1457 (7.58); 1.1192 (7.49);1.0873 (0.49); 1.0520 (0.47); 1.0381 (0.60); 1.0251 (8.30); 1.0056(1.14); 0.9957 (16.00); 0.9660 (7.50); 0.9550 (0.84); 0.9450 (0.58);0.9334 (0.87); 0.9251 (0.41); 0.9125 (1.07); 0.9031 (1.03); 0.8929(0.80); 0.8799 (2.19); 0.8690 (0.62); 0.8595 (0.71); 0.8485 (0.67);0.8400 (0.40); 0.5952 (0.62); 0.5816 (0.84); 0.5760 (1.59); 0.5702(1.91); 0.5529 (0.90); 0.5491 (0.86); 0.5417 (1.70); 0.5394 (1.71);0.5206 (1.00); 0.5137 (1.24); 0.5096 (1.91); 0.5045 (2.09); 0.4910(1.07); 0.4847 (0.66); 0.4741 (2.23); 0.4600 (0.72); 0.4517 (0.38);0.4332 (0.46); 0.4200 (0.66); 0.4146 (0.59); 0.4009 (0.58); 0.3810(1.14); 0.3612 (0.82); 0.3595 (0.82); 0.1894 (0.74); 0.1847 (0.73);0.1697 (0.76); 0.1649 (0.89); 0.1472 (0.64); 0.1324 (0.53); 0.1275(0.40); 0.0871 (0.38); 0.0718 (1.41); 0.0491 (1.18); 0.0294 (1.09);0.0059 (1.06); −0.0006 (1.71); −0.0146 (1.05); −0.0517 (0.33);

Use Examples Phytophthora Test (Tomato)/Preventive

-   Solvent: 49 parts by weight of N,N-Dimethylformamide-   Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of Alkylarylpolyglycolether

To produce a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amounts of solvent andemulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with water to the desiredconcentration. To test for preventive activity, young plants are sprayedwith the preparation of active compound at the stated rate ofapplication. One day after this treatment, the plants are inoculatedwith an aqueous spore suspension of Phytophthora infestans. The plantsremain for one day in an incubation cabinet at approximately 22° C. anda relative atmospheric humidity of 100%. Then the plants are placed inan incubation cabinet at approximately 20° C. and a relative atmospherichumidity of 96%. The test is evaluated 7 days after the inoculation. 0%means an efficacy which corresponds to that of the untreated control,while an efficacy of 100% means that no disease is observed. In thistest the following compounds according to the invention showed efficacyof 70% or even higher at a concentration of 500 ppm of activeingredient.

Example No. Efficacy in % 34 93 24 85 19 95 5 93 16 95 17 100

Plasmopara Test (Grapevines)/Preventive

-   Solvent: 24.5 parts by weight of acetone    -   24.5 parts by weight of dimethylacetamide-   Emulsifier: 1 part by weight of alkylaryl polyglycol ether

To produce a suitable preparation of active compound, 1 part by weightof active compound is mixed with the stated amounts of solvent andemulsifier, and the concentrate is diluted with water to the desiredconcentration. To test for preventive activity, young plants are sprayedwith the preparation of active compound at the stated rate ofapplication. After the spray coating has dried on, the plants areinoculated with an aqueous spore suspension of Plasmopara viticola andthen remain for 1 day in an incubation cabinet at approximately 20° C.and a relative atmospheric humidity of 100%. The plant is subsequentlyplaced for 4 days in a greenhouse at approximately 21° C. and a relativeatmospheric humidity of approximately 90%. The plants are then mistedand placed for 1 day in an incubation cabinet. The test is evaluated 6days after the inoculation. 0% means an efficacy which corresponds tothat of the untreated control, while an efficacy of 100% means that nodisease is observed. In this test the following compounds according tothe invention showed efficacy of 70% or even higher at a concentrationof 100 ppm of active ingredient.

Example No. Efficacy in % 19 74 17 93

The invention claimed is:
 1. A cyanoenamine derivative of formula (I)

in which R represents R^(B)

m represents 1, 2, 3 or 4, t represents 0 or 1, Y1 represents S, O orNR5, Y2 represents S, O or NR7, Y3 represents a bond or O, S or NR8, incase that Y3 represents NR8, then R8 and R6 together with the nitrogenatom to which they are linked may form a 5- to 7-membered, saturated orunsaturated, carbo- or heterocycle comprising up to 3 heteroatoms, whichcycle may also include one of the groups C(═O) and C(═S), R¹ representsan hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcomprising up to 9 chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms which can be thesame or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-al-kylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q, an heteroaryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₃-C₇-cycloalkycarbonyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyloxycarbonyl,C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl, di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyl, or represents a4 to 7 membered ring containing 1-3 heteroatoms selected from O, N or Sand which can be aromatic, partially saturated or fully saturated andsubstituted by up to 5 groups Q, Ar represents the following group

R² and R³, which can be the same or different, independently of oneanother represent hydrogen, halogen, CN, NH₂, NO₂, C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-hydroxyalkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl,C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₂-C₈-alkenyl,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkynyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfinyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfonyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,amino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)amino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl, phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ, phenyl-C₂-C₄-alkynyl, which can be substituted in the phenyl moietyby up to 5 groups Q, R² and R³ also together with the carbon atom towhich they are linked can form a C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl, which may besubstituted by 1 to 4 identical or different substituents selected fromby halogen, OH, C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-halogenoalkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy,C₁-C₄-alkylthio or phenyl, or can form a C₅-C₁₀-bicycloalkyl, a2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-1-yl or a decahydronaphthalenyl, R⁵ representshydrogen, OH, NH₂, CN, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, an aryl which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q, an aryl-C₁-C₈-alkyl which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q, an aryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl which can be substituted by up to 5groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, anaryloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, anaryl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, anaryl-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,C₁-C₈-alkylamino, (C₁-C₈-alkyl)carbonylamino, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkylamino,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, arylamino which can be substituted by upto 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,R⁶ represents hydrogen, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, phenyl or naphthyl, each of which canbe substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, R⁶ also represents CN, if R is R^(B), t is 0 and Y³ isa bond, R⁷ represents hydrogen, OH, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyloxy,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈ trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈ alkoxy,aryloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy whichcan be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, R⁸ represents hydrogen, OH,C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyl,C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl,phenyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzyl which can besubstituted by up to 5 groups Q; C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₂-C₈-alkenyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₂-C₈-alkynyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,halogeno-C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkenyloxy, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₃-C₈-cycloalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkoxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl-amino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₃-C₈-cycloalkylamino-C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-trialkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxy, phenyloxy which can be substituted byup to 5 groups Q, benzyloxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ, Q which can be the same or different, independently representshalogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxy, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, tri(C₁-C₈)alkylsilyl ortri(C₁-C₈)alkylsilyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, or two vicinal substituents Q may be—OCH₂O—, —OCF₂O—, —O(CH₂)₂O—, —O(CF₂)₂O— or —N═CH—S—, Z¹, Z², Z³, Z⁴,and Z⁵ which can be the same or different, independently of one anotherrepresent hydrogen, halogen, NO₂, CN, OH, SH, NH₂, SF₅, C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different different and optionally in addition one hydroxygroup, C₁-C₈-alkylamino, di-C₁-C₈-alkylamino, C₁-C₈-alkoxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be thesame or different, C₁-C₈-alkoxy-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₁-C₈-alkylsulfanyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulfanyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyl, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenylcomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₂-C₈-alkynyl, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkynyl comprising up to 9 halogen atomswhich can be the same or different, C₂-C₈-alkenyloxy,C₂-C₈-halogenoalkenyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can bethe same or different, C₂-C₈-alkynyloxy, C₂-C₈-halogenoalkynyloxycomprising up to 9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different,C₂-C₈-alkenylsulfanyl, C₂-C₈-alkynylsulfanyl, C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl,C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, C₃-C₇-halogenocycloalkyl comprising up to9 halogen atoms which can be the same or different, formyl, formyloxy,formylamino, carbamoyl, N-hydroxycarbamoyl, (hydroxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different,(C₃-C₇-cycloalkyl)carbonyl, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbamoyl,di-C₁-C₈-alkylcarbamoyl, N—C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl,N—C₁-C₈-alkyl-C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbamoyl, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkoxycarbonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyl,di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyl, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonyloxy,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonyloxy comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylcarbonylamino,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylcarbonylamino comprising up to 9 halogen atoms whichcan be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylaminocarbonyloxy,di-(C₁-C₈-alkyl)aminocarbonyloxy, C₁-C₈-alkoxycarbonyloxy,C₁-C₈-alkylsulphinyl, C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulphinyl comprising up to 9halogen atoms which can be the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkylsulphonyl,C₁-C₈-halogenoalkylsulphonyl comprising up to 9 halogen atoms which canbe the same or different, C₁-C₈-alkoxyimino,(C₁-C₈-alkylimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, (C₁-C₈-alkoxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,(C₁-C₈-alkenyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,(C₂-C₈-alkynyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl, a (benzyloxyimino)-C₁-C₈-alkyl,tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl, tri(C₁-C₈-alkyl)silyl-C₁-C₈-alkyl, benzyloxywhich can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylsulfanyl which canbe substituted by up to 5 groups Q, benzylamino which can be substitutedby up to 5 groups Q, phenoxy which can be substituted by up to 5 groupsQ, phenylamino which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,phenylsulfanyl which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q,phenylmethylene which can be substituted by up to 5 groups Q, or twovicinal substituents Z together with the consecutive carbon atoms towhich they are linked form a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or unsaturated,carbo- or heterocycle comprising up to 3 heteroatoms, which can besubstituted by up to four groups Q which can be the same or differentand the other substituents Z are as herein-described, or two geminalsubstituents Z together with the carbon atom to which they are linkedcould also be fused to represent C(═O); C(═S), C₃-C₉-cycloalkyl; and/ora salt, N-oxide, metallic complex, metalloidic complex and/or anoptically active or geometric isomer thereof.
 2. A composition forcontrolling an unwanted microorganism or insect, comprising at least onecompound according to claim 1, and one or more extenders and/orsurfactants.
 3. A method for controlling an unwanted microorganism,comprising applying a compound according to claim 1, to themicroorganisms and/or a habitat thereof.
 4. A process for preparing acomposition for controlling an unwanted microorganism, comprising mixinga compound according to claim 1, with one or more extenders and/orsurfactants.
 5. A method for treating a transgenic plant comprisingtreating said plant with a compound of claim
 1. 6. The cyanoenaminederivative of formula (I) according to claim 1, wherein Y¹ representsoxygen.
 7. The cyanoenamine derivative of formula (I) according to claim1, wherein R¹ is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl,n-propyl, isopropyl, n-, i-, s-, t-butyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl,allyl, propargyl, methoxymethyl, ethoxyethyl, ethoxymethyl,methoxyethyl, cyclopropylmethyl, and cyclopropylethyl.
 8. Thecyanoenamine derivative of formula (I) according to claim 1, wherein R¹represents propyl; Y¹ represents oxygen; Ar represents 2-bromophenyl;and R represents (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl.
 9. The cyanoenamine derivativeof formula (I) according to claim 1, wherein R¹ representsmethoxymethyl; Y¹ represents O; Ar represents 2-bromophenyl; and Rrepresents (2S)-3-methylbutan-2-yl.
 10. The cyanoenamine derivative offormula (I) according to claim 1, wherein t represents 1.